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With medical fees or treatment and extended stays, the costs for contracting Covid-19 while overseas may run into five figures, so remember to buy Covid-19 insurance.
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Get infected with Covid-19 overseas and you will be barred from returning home - until your pre-departure test at your destination is negative. That is the current stance of the authorities.
"This could mean a week or more in isolation. And in the worst case, it is hospitalisation or dedicated facilities with the locals," says a local infectious disease doctor who requests anonymity.
