Wuhan virus 2020

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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is setting out changes to travel quarantine rules.

The UK government says double-jabbed people won't have to self-isolate when arriving from amber countries from 19 July.

Children under the age of 18 will also not need to quarantine.

But Shapps says these travellers will still need to take Covid tests.

The move will affect people returning to England - the other UK nations will decide their own measures.

The £20 universal credit "Covid boost" is being phased out in autumn.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says "people understand" it was introduced for a "crisis"

He also says any decision on pension increases must be fair to taxpayers and pensioners.

On Wednesday, daily UK Covid cases rose above 30,000 for first time since January.

Concern is continuing to grow over rising cases of the Delta variant in a number of European countries. In France, government spokesman Gabriel Attal says the variant now represents about 40% of new Covid-19 infections – up from 20% last week.

A French minister has also urged citizens to avoid going on holidays in Spain and Portugal because of the spread of the variant in both countries.

The Dutch government has said it will consider whether it needs to introduce new restrictions after the number of daily infections rose within a week from just over 600 to 3,688. Health minister Hugo de Jonge says most cases have been recorded in people under the age of 30. The Netherlands ended most rules, including mandatory masks and restrictions on numbers in bars and restaurants on 26 June as the infections decreased.

Children ages between 12 and 15 will be able to receive a vaccination in the Belgian region of Wallonia this month, the local health minister has said. The vaccines will not be mandatory and will require parental permission.

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Just in: Olympics in Japan will take place without vistors and audiences.

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Just in: Olympics in Japan will take place without vistors and audiences.

Does anyone really care about the Olympics besides television advertisers, or the various government and industry officials involved in the Olympics who engaged in kickbacks and bribes?

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"Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done'"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57733540


"Scandal-Plagued Brazil Could Soon Become The Global Leader In COVID-19 Deaths. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is facing allegations of corruption, official investigations and mass protests as Brazil’s death toll continues to climb."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brazi...b0ad1785db64bf

Interesting to see what kind of people still rule nations in "modern" times.

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The vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Biontech assume a decline in the protective effect of the joint coronavirus vaccine after six months.

"As has already become clear from the practical application data collected by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the protective effect of the vaccine against infections and symptomatic diseases decreases six months after the second vaccination."

The manufacturers state this in a joint communication. Based on the data available so far, it is likely "that a third dose will be required within six to twelve months after the full vaccination".

(Westfälische Nachrichten)

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Der Spiegel reports that Biontech has produced in Mainz a first charge of 20,000 doses of a specially "hardened" vaccine against Delta. Clinical trials are about to begin in August.

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Germany declares all of Spain a risk area again. Travelers entering Germany from Spain will need to present a negative test to avoid quarantine.


Earlier, France has advised against travels to Spain and Portugal.



https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-ge...rea/a-58216999

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