Shapps scraps South Africa and 46 other destinations off red list October 7, 2021 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has just announced that from Monday 11 October, 47 destinations – including South Africa – will be scrapped from the UK Government’s travel red list. Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela will remain on it. The secretary also added that rules for those visiting the UK from [...]
‘Covid toes’: Newly discovered skin condition is sign of body fighting Coronavirus October 6, 2021 A new study has found that a skin condition known as Covid toes is most likely a side effect of the immune system’s response to fighting off the virus. The symptom results in chilblain-like inflammation and redness on the hands and feet, with the condition sometimes lasting for months at a time. It typically develops [...]
Australia first country to place mega order for Merck’s new Covid pill October 6, 2021 Australia will buy 300,000 courses of Merck & Co’s experimental antiviral pill, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier today. The announcement comes as Victoria logged the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections of any state in the country since the pandemic began. The new experimental Covid-19 pill reduced stays in hospital and deaths by half, [...]
IATA estimates aviation’s pandemic losses at $201bn October 4, 2021 The International Air Transport Association has estimated that the aviation sector will return to profitability in 2023. As a result of the pandemic, aviation will lose around $201bn before returning profitable in 2023. As explained by International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) director general Willie Walsh, losses in 2021 are expected to be nearly $52bn – [...]
Coronavirus victory? New Zealand gives up its Covid elimination strategy October 4, 2021 New Zealand was one of only a handful of countries to successfully eliminate its coronavirus cases last year. Now its government says that strategy is no longer possible. Watch the full report.
Premiership: Five things we’ve learned as the east Midlands rise again October 4, 2021 The east Midlands are on the rugby rise again and more clubs than ever are competing for European places, here are five things we learned from this weekend’s Premiership action. The east Midlands heartlands are back The east Midlands duo of Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints now occupy the top two Premiership spots. The pair [...]
Eurostar faces £400m losses after pandemic swerves passenger numbers off track October 3, 2021 Eurostar has reported more than £400m pandemic-induced losses and cautioned it faces “material uncertainties” in the future, after Covid travel restrictions derailed passenger numbers for the cross-channel train. After riding high with a £62.4m profit in 2019 before the pandemic hit, the French majority-owned train operator swung to a dizzying pre-tax loss of £427.8m in [...]
London, Paris and New York: The cities that migrate faster to flexible working October 3, 2021 New York, Paris, London, Berlin and Frankfurt are primed for a faster transition to hybrid working, given the comparatively high office costs, already flexible working practices and extended lockdowns earlier this year and in 2020. On the other hand, less flexible working cultures in Mumbai, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City mean that any transition [...]
New Covid-19 pill in Germany exceeds all expectations as it reduces Coronavirus deaths by half October 3, 2021 A new experimental Covid-19 pill reduced stays in hospital and deaths by half, according to German multinational science and technology company Merck. In fact, an independent group of medical experts that monitored the trial recommended stopping it early because the interim results were so strong, beating all expectations. The company said today it would soon [...]
Javid: Care workers should ‘get out and get another job’ if refuse vaccine October 2, 2021 UK health secretary Sajid Javid has said care workers who don’t want to get vaccinated should “get out and get another job” in the most hardline stance on the jab from a government minister yet. Trade bodies and care home providers have raised concerns that the deadline for the legal requirement for workers to be [...]