UK to relax Covid travel rules for Cop26 climate delegates August 9, 2021 The UK will relax Covid-19 travel rules for thousands of delegates attending the UN Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. Cop26 officials have set out conditions for the event, which is expected to welcome up to 25,000 government delegates, journalists and campaigners from around the world for talks on curbing global warming. The summit, [...]
‘Professor lockdown’ rules out future Covid lockdowns in the UK August 7, 2021 “Professor lockdown” has indicated future Covid lockdowns are unlikely to be needed to curb the spread of the virus in the UK. Speaking to The Times, Neil Ferguson said: “I think it’s unlikely we will need a new lockdown or even social distancing measures of the type we’ve had so far.” Read more: Johnson will [...]
Vaccine race: Chile leads, Spain overtakes UK and one-third of world gets first dose August 6, 2021 Just under a third of the world’s population has received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine so far in the global immunisation drive, forming part of some 4.3bn jabs distributed, the latest data reveals. Around 15.2 per cent of the world has been fully vaccinated, according to Our World in Data, but only 1.1 per [...]
CNN fires three employees for going to the office without being vaccinated August 6, 2021 Three employees at US news outlet CNN have been fired for coming into their office without having had a Covid-19 vaccine. According to a company memo from President Jeff Zucker, the firm has a zero-tolerance policy for such incidents. Staff either wishing to come into the office or to work in the field with other [...]
England Covid-19 prevalence falls to one in 75 August 6, 2021 One in 75 people in England had Covid-19 last week, a lower percentage than the previous week, in yet another sign that new cases of the disease could be levelling off. According to the Office of National Statistics, an estimated 722,300 people had coronavirus last week. For the prior period, one in 65 people were estimated [...]
London compared: How hard has your borough been hit by Covid-19? August 6, 2021 Almost three weeks after the majority of restrictions were lifted in the UK on “Freedom Day”, City AM analysis has revealed which London boroughs suffered the most Covid deaths during the last year of the pandemic. From the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 to when the UK’s third lockdown began to wind down [...]
Amazon pushes back on return to office as Delta variant takes hold in US August 6, 2021 Amazon has postponed the return to the office for its employees until January 2022 amid concerns about continued surging coronavirus cases worldwide. The retail giant said on Thursday it would not expect its corporate employees – who had been due to return to their desks next month – to return to the office until 3 [...]
Shapps: Vaccination will be a condition of travel ‘forever more’ August 5, 2021 Grant Shapps today said that being vaccinated against coronavirus will become a necessity for travel “forever more”, as the government loosened its restriction on international travel. He also warned young people that they could find themselves unable to leave the country if they do not get vaccinated. “I think double vaccination, full vaccination, is going [...]
Mexico headed for travel red list but India turns amber as hotel quarantine rises to £3,700 per couple August 5, 2021 Any couples travelling in Mexico will now see their holiday get whole lot more expensive: The tourist hotspot will move to the UK’s travel red list from 4am Sunday, meaning any Brits arriving back in England must pay for a 10-day hotel quarantine which will rise to £3,700 per couple. The UK Government announced the [...]
Vanguard’s US staff get $1,000 vaccine bonus: Will it come to the UK? August 5, 2021 Vanguard is to pay $1,000 to each of its 16,500 US staff should they prove they are fully vaccinated by October. The bonus includes those who were jabbed prior to the company making the generous offer. However, the offer will not be extended to employees of the asset management firm in Europe, it was announced. [...]