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BREAKING: Trump ‘to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions on UK, Brazil and Europe from January 26’ Donald Trump will rescind entry bans for most non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil and much of Europe starting on January 26, sources told Reuters The U.S. restrictions barring most visitors from Europe have been in place since mid-March, … Read more
A politician in the running for a governor’s seat in Mexico held a party with 500 guests to celebrate his birthday despite a ban on gatherings due to a surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. who in the past was accused rape and of being tied to a drug cartel and an American-born drug … Read more
Five people were arrested in London for breaching Covid restrictions as protestors carrying Black Lives Matter signs demonstrated in Parliament Sqaure following the death of a 24-year-old man. Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested on Friday evening last week after reports of a disturbance at his home but released the following morning without charge. He was … Read more
Removing coronavirus restrictions at the end of next month would be a ‘disaster’ and put ‘enormous pressure’ on the NHS, a leading epidemiologist has warned. Professor John Edmunds, who works on the Government’s coronavirus response as part of the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage), told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme there would be significant consequences … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Maureen from Barnsley awaits her freedom: Plucky pensioner, 83, who said she didn’t ‘give a sod’ about Covid restrictions reveals her first vaccination was delayed due to the SNOW Maureen Eames, 83, was an overnight sensation after forthright lockdown chat She felt the restrictions were too much and declared that she ‘didn’t give a … Read more
Premier Inn owner Whitbread axes 1,500 jobs as sales plunge due to coronavirus restrictions – but it says cuts are less than expected By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 Whitbread has confirmed it has axed 1,500 jobs as sales … Read more
Director Roland Emmerich’s new film Moonfall has added a few new cast members, including Michael Pena, who replaces previously-attached Stanley Tucci. Tucci, 60, previously signed onto the big-budget space drama in October, though Deadline reports he was forced to back out due to a government-imposed travel ban on United Kingdom flights going into Canada. Pena, 44, … Read more
European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed … Read more
Faryal Makhdoom has labelled the UK government a ‘dictatorship’ over its new travel restrictions for those travelling to and from Dubai. On Monday it was revealed the UAE had been removed from the UK’s travel corridor list, and travellers returning to the UK from there will have to quarantine following a 52 per cent surge … Read more
Britain may have suffered 120,000 coronavirus deaths by the time ministers can safely ease restrictions because enough of the country has been vaccinated, scientists fear. Department of Health statistics show the UK’s official Covid death toll currently stands at 82,000 – half of which have occurred since the start of the second wave in September. … Read more