Florence BANS evening walks: Fury as authorities announce they will stop people wandering around city centre to prevent overcrowding during pandemic The mayor has banned people from wandering the streets from 9pm to 6am Tourists are still allowed to eat and drink in establishments in the city centre The new rules will be in place … Read more
Tourist hotspots like the canals of Venice and the Louvre in Paris should be digitally replicated as a way to tackle overcrowding, a Swiss economist says. Bruno Frey, 79, a professor at the University of Basel, has written a book called Venedig ist uberall (Venice is Everywhere). In it, he says technologies like holograms, augmented reality … Read more
A&Es are ‘dangerously’ crowded already with three-quarters unable to keep social distancing and HALF treating patients in corridors weeks before, doctors warn The Royal College of Emergency Medicine surveyed nearly 100 A&E doctors Three in four said they couldn’t keep to Covid rules on at least one day of week Twenty-five per cent said they’re … Read more
Asda store that shut after eight staff caught Covid is accused by local customers of becoming ‘overcrowded’ and letting in shoppers without masks Superstore in Smethwick, near Birmingham, was shut for a clean then reopened Locals claimed site had been ‘overcrowded’ with some shoppers without masks West Midlands currently has some of the highest infection … Read more
Patients will be urged not to go to A&E unless they have called NHS 111 first in a major shake-up in time for winter. Those who have less serious complaints will be encouraged by call centre handlers to see a GP, visit a pharmacist or attend a minor injuries unit. And patients deemed ill enough … Read more