Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has challenged the Government to match Wales by bringing forward the date on which fully vaccinated people in England can avoid isolation. Wales’s Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed August 7 as the day when double-jabbed adults can escape isolation if they come into contact with a positive coronavirus…
Starmer Demands August 7 End to England’s Self-Isolation Rule After Wales Move
England Scraps Quarantine for Fully-Vaccinated EU, US Visitors
LONDON—England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and the United States to arrive without quarantine from next week, the transport minister said on Wednesday, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines and travel companies. Britain’s travel industry has heavily criticised the government for being too slow to open up, saying it…
Report: UK Border Officers to Stop Routine COVID Checks
LONDON—UK border officers have been directed to stop routinely checking whether travelers from many countries have tested negative for COVID-19, British media reported Wednesday, citing leaked government documents. While the change is designed to reduce waiting times for airport immigration checks, it has raised concerns about importing new coronavirus cases at a time when infection…
Food Supply Chains Starting to Fail Over ‘Pingdemic,’ Meat Industry Says
Food supply chains are “starting to fail” because of workers isolating over coronavirus contacts, an industry leader has warned, as he criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s effort to ease the “pingdemic.” A meat industry trade body said it cannot rely on Johnson’s new exemption for some fully vaccinated critical workers because the bar has been…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 20)
A White House official and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s senior spokesperson test positive for the CCP virus, or cover-19, despite being fully vaccinated, an advocacy group says North Carolina’s door-to-door vaccination program could be illegal, and the Epoch Times had its first in-person panel discussion of the year called ‘Defending the Constitution: Why it Matters now more…
‘Ridiculous’, Travellers Dismayed by UK Quarantine Measures for France
PARIS—Travellers about to board a train from Paris to London on the day quarantine rules in Britain were due to lapse were upset on Monday by a last-minute decision to keep them, calling it “ridiculous,” “cruel,” and “incoherent.” Anyone arriving from France will have to quarantine at home or in other accommodation for 5 to…
Fully Vaccinated UK Health Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19
Britain’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted on Twitter, Javid said he was awaiting the result of a full PCR test and had only mild symptoms. “This morning I tested positive for COVID. I’m waiting for my PCR result, but thankfully I have had my jabs…
8 Fully Vaccinated Health Care Workers Test Positive for CCP Virus in Las Vegas: Report
Eight fully vaccinated health care workers tested positive for COVID-19 in June after attending a party in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a report. A total of 11 health care workers had tested positive for COVID-19 after the gathering, and at least 10 of the 11—or seven out of the fully-vaccinated eight—had the Delta variant of…
Portugal’s Madeira to Allow Visitors With COVID-19 Shots Not Approved by EU
LISBON—The popular Portuguese islands of Madeira will allow entry to visitors with any of the COVID-19 jabs being administered worldwide and not only with those approved by Europe’s drug regulator, the regional government said on Sunday. The European Union, which launched its digital COVID-19 certificate last week, has so far authorized only four vaccines—those of…
Germany, France Urge Common EU Travel Line to Fight Delta Variant
BRUSSELS—German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged fellow EU leaders on Thursday to take a firmer line on travel from countries outside the bloc, such as Britain, to combat the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Merkel, arriving in Brussels for a European Union summit, said she would lobby for a more coordinated…
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