Spain flights to be more expensive with coronavirus safety plans

Flights to Spain are set to become even more expensive for potential holidaymakers after airports said they would pass the cost of new coronavirus safety measures onto individual airlines.  The announcement has sparked concerns of higher air fares and the potential collapse of embattled airlines.  The bill for new coronavirus safety measures is likely to … Read more

The Bold And The Beautiful will start filming again with strict COVID-19 safety protocols in place

The Bold And The Beautiful will start filming again this week with strict COVID-19 safety protocols in place By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 07:15 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 16 June 2020 Daytime soap The Bold And The Beautiful will start up production again this week, CBS has announced. It will … Read more

CDC breaks silence to issue group safety guidelines but does not discourage crowds

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) punted on questions about increasing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in reopened states, claiming worrisome rises could be due to ‘increased testing’ during a Friday press briefing.  CDC director Dr Robert Redfield and deputy director Dr Jay Butler addressed the press in the first telebriefing since the … Read more

Dubai’s Atlantis Hotel reopens with rigorous safety measures

Private temperature checks, a luggage sanitising service and socially distanced beach loungers: Dubai’s five-star Atlantis The Palm hotel is doing safety VIP-style The hotel now has a dedicated hygiene officer and guests are offered a luggage sanitising service on arrival They are also given welcome kits containing protective gear and self-disinfected sunglass kits  Tableside cooking … Read more

Health and safety probe is launched into group of care homes where 14 residents died from Covid-19

Health and safety probe is launched into group of care homes where 14 residents died from Covid-19 after whistleblowers claimed they were told not to wear face masks Guidelines said workers did not have to wear the masks if symptoms not present Care home group Horizon Care said no symptoms were displayed before April 2 … Read more

‘Safety stamp’ launched by World Travel & Tourism Council for hygienic destinations

‘Safety stamp’ launched by World Travel & Tourism Council for ‘hygienic’ destinations and businesses in bid to reassure holidaymakers and speed up tourism recovery Saudi Arabia, Barcelona, Portugal, Cancun and Seville all back the stamp The initiative is also backed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization Businesses can use the stamp once hygiene protocols … Read more

Coronavirus: WHO suspends hydoxychloroquine trial over safety

A clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients has been suspended amid safety concerns. Hydroxychloroquine has been touted by President Donald Trump and he even revealed he took the medication for two weeks as a prophylactic. But the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was concerned after a study from The Lancet published … Read more

Fears grow for safety of aspiring model, 24, who vanished yesterday in Nottinghamshire

Fears grow for safety of missing aspiring model, 24, last seen wearing lilac fur jacket and black mini skirt when she vanished in Nottinghamshire Laura Benson, 24, last reportedly seen in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on May 24 Aspiring model described as slim, 5ft 5ins tall with blonde hair with blue dye The young woman was wearing lilac … Read more

SUV crash safety ratings to be downgraded if they damage smaller cars

New crash test rules described as the ‘biggest change in a decade’ will see big vehicles – especially SUVs – have safety ratings downgraded if they cause significant damage to smaller cars in accidents, it has been revealed today. A new set of measures have been announced by testing body Euro NCAP and will be … Read more