News Consumer News U.S. to Stick With International Travel Restrictions MONDAY, July 26, 2021 — The rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant around the world means that the United States will continue with COVID-19 international travel restrictions for now, a White House official said Monday. The Delta variant now accounts for 83% of… Read More »
As the 19th of July – Freedom Day in the UK – signals a return to life as we once knew it, a lot of venues are remaining understandably cautious. Gyms and leisure centre owners are taking particular care to keep customers and staff safe – and to prevent closures due to employees having to… Read More »
Britain, which has one of the world’s highest death tolls from COVID, is facing a new wave of cases, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson is lifting most restrictions in England in what some have dubbed “Freedom Day”. Epidemiologists are generally sceptical that lifting restrictions is the right thing to do, but many young British people… Read More »
Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth has raised the possibility of restrictions for people who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it is available, if proven successful. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Dr Coatsworth said rules like ‘No jab no pay’, which would restrict government payments, could be brought in to… Read More »