• The International non-essential travel (INET) policy is a legal terminology devised by the European Commission on 16 March 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. (wikipedia.org)
  • BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered all non-essential businesses to close due to the coronavirus pandemic . (cbsnews.com)
  • The province is putting non-essential and routine diagnostic testing on hold as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials said Tuesday. (cbc.ca)
  • Several walkouts and protests have drawn attention to fear and discontent among low-wage workers on the front lines of the pandemic, particularly those packing and delivering groceries and other essentials. (apnews.com)
  • As of Monday, the European Union removed five territories, including the United States from its list of countries that were earlier exempt from restrictions on non-essential travel during the Coronavirus pandemic. (wionews.com)
  • A recent Sunday Times poll asked people in Singapore what the top five essential as well as non-essential jobs are, during the pandemic. (pluralartmag.com)
  • The federal government is reimposing its advisory against all non-essential international travel as it tries to stop the growth of the Omicron variant, but it stopped short of imposing more significant restrictions that were also under consideration. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • BUFFALO, N.Y. - Days after Canada announced it would reopen its border to vaccinated Americans beginning Aug. 9, the United States has announced it is extending restrictions on non-essential travel at the U.S.-Canada border to Aug. 21. (kivitv.com)
  • President Biden's administration once again extends non-essential travel restrictions at its land border crossings, meaning Canadians cannot drive over the border to see their loved ones until Aug 22 at very earliest. (kivitv.com)
  • What became imminently clear was that there were varying interpretations about how non-essential businesses can operate," said Portland Mayor Kate Snyder, who began the move to adjust the restrictions to allow people like Kiley to resume curbside and online shipping operations last Friday. (necn.com)
  • CLICK AND COLLECT services for non-essential retailers have been temporarily banned under the government's latest Covid-19 restrictions, it has been confirmed this afternoon. (thejournal.ie)
  • Under current restrictions, all non-essential retail services have had to close. (thejournal.ie)
  • Scotland's First minister Nicola Sturgeon has banned the outdoor consumption of alcohol across mainland Scotland, amid a tightening of covid-19 restrictions which includes the tightening of rules around 'non-essential' click and collect. (thedrinksbusiness.com)
  • SUPERMARKET chains Aldi and Lidl have confirmed that they have ceased selling items which are classified as non-essential while the country is at Level 5 of the Covid-19 restrictions. (donegaldaily.com)
  • Certain PFAS restrictions on all non-essential water use. (cdc.gov)
  • Amazon announced it will suspend stocking non-essential items at distribution centers to focus on "high-demand" critical items. (texasgopvote.com)
  • On 16 March 2020, the Commission adopted a Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council calling for a temporary Restriction on Non-Essential Travel to the EU in view of COVID19. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of Tuesday, the sources said the government had considered implementing a travel ban on all foreign nationals, reviving its advisory against all non-essential travel including for vaccinated people, and imposing a two-week quarantine or isolation requirement. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Earlier, the PNP Highway Patrol Group apprehended over 100 drivers over non-essential travel in a surprise operation along Edsa. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • Belgium has decided to close its borders for "non-essential inbound and outbound travel" to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Interior Minister Pieter De Crem said on Friday. (politico.eu)
  • But people who cannot demonstrate why their travel is essential "will be sent back when they try to enter Belgium," De Crem said at a press conference. (politico.eu)
  • After a closure lasting nearly 20 months, the Canada-U.S. land border has re-opened to non-essential travel. (globalnews.ca)
  • OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and the United States are set to extend a ban on non-essential travel that was imposed to fight the coronavirus outbreak, although a final decision has not been taken, two Ottawa sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. (equities.com)
  • The chief medical officer in the Pacific province of British Columbia said last week there was no chance of non-essential travel with the United States this summer, given how widespread the virus was south of the border. (equities.com)
  • A motorist was caught flouting essential travel rules when he picked up a set of windows so large, they forced his wife to sit in the boot. (rac.co.uk)
  • It's unclear whether the constabulary made use of their new powers to fine members of the public for non-essential travel. (rac.co.uk)
  • As the approaching festive season is upon us, a time where families and friends gather across generations to celebrate the new year and observe religious holidays, the WHO Regional Office urges people to avoid non-essential travel and large gatherings in order to prevent COVID-19 surges. (who.int)
  • These measures include lockdown of non-essential travel in-country and between member states. (who.int)
  • Avoid non-essential travel when the National Weather Service issues an advisory. (cdc.gov)
  • Anna Newton] The United States Department of State has issued a travel warning advising US citizens against all non-essential travel to Haiti. (cdc.gov)
  • The NSW government's decision to permit non-essential retailers to stay open during the lockdown is allowing COVID-19 to spread across Sydney, say health experts, after the number of close contacts doubled overnight because of potential transmission at large retail outlets. (afr.com)
  • It is clear that the country is facing an enormous challenge and, of course, we acknowledge that the Government must act to halt the spread of Covid-19, but there is little public health risk in allowing customers collect goods from non-essential retailers who remain shuttered because of the lockdown. (thejournal.ie)
  • Non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size or for any reason are canceled or postponed. (kjrh.com)
  • Belgium earlier this week tightened measures to curb the spread of the virus, closing non-essential shops, banning social gatherings and asking that everyone stay home. (politico.eu)
  • Along with shutting non-essential construction, big box retail stores will be forced to scale back indoor capacity to 25 per cent, outdoor gatherings will be limited to households only and outdoor recreational areas such as basketball courts will be closed. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Businesses that provide essential services are exempt. (cbsnews.com)
  • Even if you choose to reject all cookies, we will continue to deploy essential cookies which are exempt from the legal requirement for consent. (marksandspencer.com)
  • ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering all workers in non-essential businesses in the state to stay home to help combat the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. (kjrh.com)
  • DETROIT - The Canadian-US border closed Saturday to all non-essential traffic in an effort to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. (clickondetroit.com)
  • COLUMBIA, S.C. - In response to the announced temporary closure of non-essential businesses in the state, S.C. Commerce has expanded its online resources to assist companies in navigating the impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (sccommerce.com)
  • FILE - In this April 9, 2020 file photo, employees observe social distancing due to coronavirus, at the entrance of Amazon, in Douai, northern France.A French court has ordered Amazon to stop buying, storing or delivering non-essential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus. (apnews.com)
  • Both Texas and Ohio included abortion facilities in their bans on non-essential surgeries and procedures. (lifenews.com)
  • Many health care facilities are struggling financially following CDC guidance to stop non-essential visits and surgeries. (kfyrtv.com)
  • The mandate will exclude pharmacies, grocery stores and other essential industries, according to Cuomo. (kjrh.com)
  • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that he is placing the state "on pause," signing an executive order mandating 100% of non-essential workers to stay home, leaving only for essential services. (gopusa.com)
  • Among the essential services, Cuomo said restaurant workers who offer take-out and delivery services and mass transit workers are included. (gopusa.com)
  • The order excludes trips to receive essential services, including groceries and pick up medication. (gopusa.com)
  • LOS ANGELES , April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 16, 2020 , Amazon announced that it would be postponing 'non-essential' item shipments to their warehouses. (prnewswire.com)
  • They decided what was deemed essential and non-essential by only allowing the shipments of products that fell within specific categories. (prnewswire.com)
  • We will always allow all grocery stores, pharmacies, and other types of businesses that provide essential goods and services to Massachusetts residents to continue to operate," said Baker. (cbsnews.com)
  • Quebec's vaccination passport came into effect September 1, 2021, limiting access to certain non-essential services to those who can show Quebec issued proof of COVID-19 vaccination. (concordia.ca)
  • The government's guiding principle in identifying situations requiring vaccination is that these are non-essential services or activities that pose a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure, even for those fully vaccinated. (concordia.ca)
  • Code for the definition of essential services used here is available upon request. (epi.org)
  • Gov. Henry McMaster yesterday issued Executive Order 2020-17 , directing the temporary closure of non-essential businesses, including venues, facilities, services and activities for public use, throughout the state to combat the spread of COVID-19. (sccommerce.com)
  • Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. (apnews.com)
  • Click and collect services will also be restricted to essential services only, which were listed as clothes, homeware, baby equipment and books, with retailers having to offer staggered appointment and supply goods through a hatch to stop people coming indoors. (thedrinksbusiness.com)
  • Additionally, the province has deemed services related to residential construction as essential. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Finally, work tied to preparing non-essential sites for temporary closure is permitted. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Abortion businesses are still open in California and Pennsylvania , despite their governors' bans on non-essential medical care. (lifenews.com)
  • Worksheet to help identify essential and non-essential laboratory functions. (cdc.gov)
  • All WHO Member States have committed to implementing appropriate containment of WPV2 in essential laboratory and vaccine production facilities * by the end of 2015 and of type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) within 3 months of global withdrawal of OPV2, which is planned for April 2016 ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This report summarizes critical steps for essential laboratory and vaccine production facilities that intend to retain materials confirmed to contain or potentially containing type-specific WPV, vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), or OPV/Sabin viruses, and steps for nonessential facilities† that process specimens that contain or might contain polioviruses. (cdc.gov)
  • First ban imported fast food out-lets like KFC, McDonald, Kingburger, Submarine etc which has caused diabetes to young children in Sri Lanka and colo-rectal cancer is on the rise due to eating these fast foods which are unhealthy, non-essential and unnecessary foods. (dailymirror.lk)
  • This was because Amazon wanted to free-up their warehouse space for essential items due to the higher demand from COVID-19. (prnewswire.com)
  • President Maithripala Sirisena said that the National Economic Council expects to take immediate steps to stop importing all non-essential and unhealthy food items into the country. (dailymirror.lk)
  • Addressing the gathering, the President said more than Rs.25 billion is spent annually to import essential food items. (dailymirror.lk)
  • Amazon has struggled to keep up with demand on essential items, so this move will allow them to focus more available resources to meet this increased demand. (texasgopvote.com)
  • The ongoing border tensions have forced the government to consider cutting down import of non-essential items , according to a report by news agency ANI . (indiatimes.com)
  • The movement of cargo has however been allowed to continue to ensure no interruption of the supply of essential commodities including food, non-food items, medicines and other essential supplies through road, air, and sea. (who.int)
  • Professor Chapman said the NSW government should adopt a similar approach to the Victorian government and classify retailers as essential or non-essential. (afr.com)
  • He said: "Non-essential retailers closed their doors on New Year's Eve and have fully complied with what has been asked of them by the Government. (thejournal.ie)
  • From May 19, 2022, the import of these 38 non-essential goods will be banned. (vigafaucet.com)
  • Are art workers non-essential? (straitstimes.com)
  • Baker said non-essential businesses "shall close their "physical workplaces and facilities to all workers, customers, and the public. (cbsnews.com)
  • People can work at home, but only essential businesses can have workers commuting to the job or on the job. (kjrh.com)
  • Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Manitoba Shared Health, says the decision to delay non-essential and routine diagnostic testing was made to protect patients and health-care workers. (cbc.ca)
  • The decision also serves as a reminder to governments and companies that essential workers are worried, and that restarting economies while the virus is still spreading will be a delicate undertaking. (apnews.com)
  • As expected, many people canceled their orders, filed complaints, and expressed concerns that they felt an air purifier was essential to their home during this time. (prnewswire.com)
  • Instead, people and businesses have been left to collectively determine what activities are essential. (afr.com)
  • Ms Berejiklian has repeatedly urged people to show "common sense" when deciding whether an activity was essential. (afr.com)
  • Under an ECQ, public transport systems are suspended and the people are required to stay at home, except the frontliners and essential personnel. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • The new rules, which Sturgeon called "regrettable but necessary" would prohibit people from buying takeaway beer to drink outside as the Scottish government cracks down on people being outside for "non-essential" reasons and closes an apparent loophole in the stay at home law issued on 5 January. (thedrinksbusiness.com)
  • The survey includes a definition of an essential worker as someone who is engaged in work deemed necessary to meet the basic needs of human survival and well-being, such as food, health, safety and cleaning. (straitstimes.com)
  • It is essential to produce food required for our consumption in our country. (dailymirror.lk)
  • However, when Amazon announced that non-essential goods can no longer be shipped, Boneco & Envion fell into the non-essential category because they are listed in 'Home and Kitchen' rather than 'Health and Household. (prnewswire.com)
  • PARIS (AP) - A French court has ordered Amazon to stop selling, receiving or delivering non-essential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus. (apnews.com)
  • Among them were rules, interpreted by non-essential businesses like book or jewelry stores, as disallowing them from offering curbside pickup or shipping orders, something that is allowed under Maine's state of civil emergency as long as proper social distancing is observed. (necn.com)
  • Police will also be given sweeping new power to enforce the public health orders, such as the ability to stop vehicles to ensure drivers are out only for essential purposes. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Non-essential construction projects throughout Ontario will be forced to close April 17 at 12:01 a.m. as part of the latest order under the province's emergency act. (on-sitemag.com)
  • This is a MUST LISTEN to learn how to remove non-essentials from your life, and give you back time for the things that matter most! (apple.com)
  • ensure that all non-essential personnel are removed from a vessel being towed. (cdc.gov)
  • One of the most powerful things we can do to relieve this is to remove the non-essential time wasting activities in our lives. (apple.com)
  • We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic," Trump tweeted. (clickondetroit.com)
  • While it makes sense that Amazon acted quickly and generalized many products into certain "essential" categories, they failed to recognize that some actual essential products would not be included in these categories and, therefore, not be able to sell when they are needed the most. (prnewswire.com)
  • COVID-19 Deeming Actual Essential Products as Non-Essential. (prnewswire.com)
  • While there is no doubt these are useful products in their own right, is it safe to say that something such as an adult product is NOT more essential than an air purifier during this crisis. (prnewswire.com)
  • This could include "getting an essential item" such as baby products, bedding or heating, she said. (afr.com)
  • National authorities will need to certify that the essential facilities they host meet the containment requirements described in GAPIII. (cdc.gov)
  • Essential cookies used for these purposes are deployed automatically for all users as soon as they access our sites/apps. (marksandspencer.com)
  • He said work on shopping malls, hotels and office towers has been deemed non-essential. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Site preparation for all institutional, commercial and industrial (ICI) construction has been deemed essential as well, though not work on the latter stages of these projects, unless they meet one of the criteria above. (on-sitemag.com)
  • Image: Police stop a driver at a checkpoint in York to check whether they are making an essential journey. (rac.co.uk)
  • Those found leaving the house for non-essential reasons a second time can be fined £120, doubling on each further repeat offence. (rac.co.uk)
  • SHANGHAI: The United States announced Tuesday it had ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai consulate to leave, while voicing concerns for the safety of Americans in China as the government enforces hard lockdowns to contain Covid-19. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Their five picks for non-essential jobs were: artist (71 per cent of the respondents), telemarketer, social media manager or public relations specialist, business consultant and human resource manager. (straitstimes.com)
  • A detailed listing of businesses categorized as non-essential that will be closed as a result of the executive order is available on S.C. Commerce's COVID-19 business resources page . (sccommerce.com)
  • When asked to identify the jobs that are essential and non-essential from a list of 20 jobs based on this definition, respondents' top five picks for essential jobs were: doctor and nurse, cleaner, garbage collector, hawker and deliveryman. (straitstimes.com)
  • Our team worked diligently to file complaints to get these ASINs unblocked or shifted into another 'essential' category. (prnewswire.com)
  • Artist' was number one in the non-essential category, with 71 percent of responses. (pluralartmag.com)
  • Amazon must suspend its non-essential trade within 24 hours or face 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in fines per day. (apnews.com)