Arizona is dropping all of its remaining restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 and opening vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and older, Governor Doug Ducey said. ‘In Arizona, we never did a shutdown, so it’s impossible to have a grand reopening,’ he said. ‘Instead, we are continuing to take reasonable, safe and sensible … Read more
Call The Midwife’s Miriam Margolyes ‘forced to take a break from the show after Covid travel restrictions prevented her from attending filming’ By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 02:05 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 24 March 2021 Miriam Margolyes has reportedly been forced to take a break from Call The Midwife due … Read more
‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson apologises again for flouting restrictions he helped bring about – but says he is now ‘hopeful’ that this shutdown will be the last Neil Ferguson came to be known as ‘Professor Lockdown’ amid the first wave He stood down from SAGE after revelations he broke lockdown he introduced Prof Ferguson has … Read more
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Cops probe Norwegian PM Solberg after she broke Covid restrictions with a 60th birthday family sushi dinner at a ski resort months ahead of elections Solberg gathered members of her family in ski resort town of Geilo in February It is thought that 13 of the Prime Minister’s relatives dined together at restaurant The next … Read more
Biden could lift COVID international travel restrictions in mid-MAY: White House ‘is aiming to relax bans on flights from the UK, Europe and Brazil and allow Mexico and Canada border crossings’ after all adults are eligible for the vaccine The international travel restrictions for the US have been in place since March last year when … Read more
UK economy is a ‘crouching-tiger’ on course for a ‘rapid-fire recovery’ after lockdown restrictions ease, Bank of England chief economist says as officials raise growth forecasts Andy Haldane, a famous optimist, delivered his upbeat verdict at a talk today Came as central bank forecasts suggested growth will pick up amid reopening Previously blasted doom-mongers, for … Read more
Boris Johnson was last night urged by the boss of British Airways to capitalise on the UK’s world-beating vaccine rollout to end the ‘heart-breaking’ restrictions on foreign travel before another summer holiday season is ruined. BA chief executive Sean Doyle called for Britons who have been vaccinated to be able to fly along with those … Read more
France has announced it will ease its border restrictions with the UK, raising hopes for summer holidays later this year. Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said arrivals from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Israel and Singapore will no longer need a ‘compelling reason’ to travel due to low or falling cases in those countries. Lemoyne … Read more
Is working from home here to stay? Staff ‘only plan to be in the office twice a week’ after lockdown restrictions end, MPs are told Deloitte said coronavirus would cause a ‘step change’ that will dramatically effect the future of city centres as more people continue to work from home The CBI told the Commons … Read more