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Britain To Discuss Tighter Travel Restrictions: BBC

Britain To Discuss Tighter Travel Restrictions: BBC Via Reuters: British ministers are to discuss on Monday further tightening travel restrictions, the BBC reported on Saturday, adding that people arriving in the country could be required to quarantine in hotels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a news conference on Friday that the UK may need to implement further measures to protect its borders from new variants of COVID-19. Britain’s current restrictions […]

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong Locks Down Thousands For Compulsory COVID-19 Testing

Hong Kong Locks Down Thousands For Compulsory COVID-19 Testing Via Reuters: Hong Kong’s government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the results largely determined. The first such measure the city has taken since the pandemic began has occurred in the densely populated neighbourhoods of Jordan that is home […]

today01/23/2021 9

Remote Employees

Remote Employees Don’t Want To Return To The Workplace After The Pandemic

Remote Employees Don’t Want To Return To The Workplace After The Pandemic Via YouGov: As the vaccine rollout continues in America, businesses that have gone mostly or entirely remote may be considering bringing their employees back to the workplace once it’s safe to do so. But a recent YouGov poll of employees who are working remotely finds that most are enjoying working from home, and very few are interested in returning to the workplace full-time.   Among those Americans who are currently […]

today01/21/2021 11

Vaccine Manufacturing

Vaccine Manufacturing Is Lumpy, Supply Not As Good As Hoped, UK Says

Vaccine Manufacturing Is Lumpy, Supply Not As Good As Hoped, UK Says Via Reuters: Britain’s vaccine rollout is limited by a “lumpy” manufacturing process with production changes by Pfizer and a delay by AstraZeneca that could lead to brief supply disruption, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday. The United Kingdom, which has the world’s fifth worst official COVID-19 death toll, is racing to be among the first major […]

today01/18/2021 15

COVID Passports

Microsoft, Big Tech Coalition Developing Rockefeller Funded COVID Passports

Microsoft, Big Tech Coalition Developing Rockefeller Funded COVID Passports Via Summit News: A coalition of big tech companies, including Microsoft is developing a COVID passport, with the expectation that a digital document linked to vaccination status will be required to travel and get access to basic services. The group is calling itself the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), and includes Microsoft, Salesforce and Oracle. The US health provider Mayo Clinic is also involved in the […]

today01/15/2021 11

UK Supreme Court

UK Supreme Court Hands Businesses Victory In COVID-19 Insurance Ruling

UK Supreme Court Hands Businesses Victory In COVID-19 Insurance Ruling Via Reuters: Thousands of businesses should be covered by their insurance for losses caused by coronavirus lockdowns, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday, in a test case that pitched the industry regulator against major insurance companies. Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlours, have said they faced ruin after attempts to claim compensation for […]

today01/15/2021 15

Negative COVID-19

U.S. To Require Negative COVID-19 Tests For Arriving International Air Passengers

U.S. To Require Negative COVID-19 Tests For Arriving International Air Passengers Via Reuters: Nearly all air travelers will need to present a negative coronavirus test to enter the United States under expanded test testing requirements announced on Tuesday. Under the rules taking effect Jan. 26, nearly all travelers including U.S. citizens must show a negative test within three days of departure or documentation of recovery from COVID-19, under an order […]

today01/13/2021 10

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Asked To Leave Store For ‘Refusing’ To Wear A Mask

Bruce Willis Asked To Leave Store For ‘Refusing’ To Wear A Mask Via Page Six: He’d rather live free. Bruce Willis was asked to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid on Monday after he refused to wear a mask, a spy tells Page Six. The spy says people inside the store became upset that Willis, 65, wasn’t wearing a mask — despite having a bandanna tied around his neck, which […]

today01/12/2021 5

Greek Christians

‘No law can order us’: Greek Christians Defy COVID Ban On Epiphany Services

'No law can order us': Greek Christians Defy COVID Ban On Epiphany Services Via Reuters: Greek Christian churches held Epiphany services on Wednesday, openly defying government coronavirus restrictions that banned public gatherings including religious ceremonies on one of the most important days of the Orthodox calendar. Despite a plea by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for Church authorities to set an example during a crisis that has killed more than 5,000 […]

today01/06/2021 10

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