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Shutting Britain’s borders at the start of the coronavirus crisis may have lessened the country’s catastrophic outbreak, another study has suggested. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) modelled the impact of international travel restrictions on the spread of Covid-19. They looked at 162 countries and estimated the number of imported cases, … Read more
‘No Bali holidays until there’s a vaccine’: State premier makes remarkable demand that could see millions of Australians banned from flying overseas for YEARS WA Premier Mark McGowan wants Australia’s borders shut until a vaccine exists He said opening international travel up could be ‘diabolical’ for COVID-19 cases It comes as the Bali Tourism board … Read more
To say that Reza Pakravan has a thirst for adventure may be an understatement. He’s absolutely gasping, it seems, to find outlets for his derring-do. The 46-year-old has cycled 11,000 miles from Norway to Africa, fighting thieves and battling malaria along the way, biked across the Sahara Desert and undertaken a 4000-mile journey across the … Read more
The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more
The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more
Rebecca Judd says she’s ‘going to be on one of the first flights to Perth’ once the borders reopen By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:22 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 15:22 BST, 2 October 2020 She’s currently isolating inside her $7.3million Melbourne mansion with her husband Chris Judd and their four … Read more
The 10pm curfew seems ridiculous – it’s not as if the virus has a watch and only transmits at certain times, is it? A new 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants was introduced last week in England, Wales and Scotland as part of a package of new Covid-19 regulations. The hope is that the … Read more
Belarus’s embattled president Alexander Lukashenko says he has placed the military on high alert and will close borders with Poland and Lithuania amid fears of a ‘war’. The strongman, known as Europe’s last dictator, appealed to the ‘crazy leaders’ of both countries, plus Ukraine, not to let conflict break out, saying it ‘will not resolve … Read more
Drastic travel measures to control the coronavirus probably do work, a scientific review has concluded, but the evidence is still lacking. Academics looked over the findings of 36 studies which assessed whether airport screening, closing borders and quarantining travellers have any real impact on reducing cases. It found the most beneficial was shutting borders to … Read more
The boss of EasyJet last night became the latest business chief to pledge support to the Daily Mail’s campaign to Get Britain Flying Again with border tests. Demanding a shift away from the current policy of imposing quarantine restrictions on people returning from many countries, chief executive Johan Lundgren said there was ‘still time to … Read more