Meals on international flights have reached a new level of innovation as airline culinary programs must juxtapose food safety, special diets, and allergies with a degree of creativity. 

Doubly vaccinated travelers will be welcomed starting Feb. 21, nearly two years after it first closed its border. The move is seen as relief for its tourism industry.

Dozens of travelers from Fiji tested positive in Kiribati, prompting the island nation to implement its first lockdown. Samoa's order followed a cluster of cases in airline passengers from Australia.

There's no universal digital passport yet, it's not clear exactly what kind of proof will be accepted, and paper vaccination cards can be easily forged, damaged or lost.

During the first week of March, I did not understand the extent to which many people across the country might have already come into contact with the...