India Covid crisis now hitting other nations with vaccine supplies to Covax countries short by 140m

India’s devastating second coronavirus wave and its ban on exporting vaccines has left the Covax scheme for other nations facing a shortfall of 140 million doses.  India is the largest manufacturer for the program, which distributes free vaccines to developing countries, but the country stopped exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March in order to … Read more

Fury at holiday scare tactics: Matt Hancock urges public to limit travel to amber list countries

Travel bosses have accused the Government of needlessly ‘instilling fear’ by warning against holidays abroad. Ahead of the ban on international travel finally being lifted today, ministers yesterday caused confusion by saying most trips should be avoided. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said families should ‘certainly not’ go on holiday to anywhere not on the official … Read more

Fury at holiday scare tactics: Matt Hancock urges public to limit travel to amber list countries

Travel bosses have accused the Government of needlessly ‘instilling fear’ by warning against holidays abroad. Ahead of the ban on international travel finally being lifted today, ministers yesterday caused confusion by saying most trips should be avoided. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said families should ‘certainly not’ go on holiday to anywhere not on the official … Read more

Matt Hancock warns British tourists to avoid amber list countries like Spain, Italy and Greece

British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more

Matt Hancock warns British tourists to avoid amber list countries like Spain, Italy and Greece

British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more

UK Covid: As travel restarts, which foreign countries will let British tourists in?

Tourism is starting to reopen across Europe as vaccine drives ramp up and Covid infections fall across much of the continent. From Monday, people from this country will be allowed to go abroad again as a ban on all non-essential foreign travel is dropped.  The government is using a traffic light system to determine who … Read more

UK Covid: As travel restarts, which foreign countries will let British tourists in?

Tourism is starting to reopen across Europe as vaccine drives ramp up and Covid infections fall across much of the continent. From Monday, people from this country will be allowed to go abroad again as a ban on all non-essential foreign travel is dropped.  The government is using a traffic light system to determine who … Read more

UK could share 20% of its available Covid vaccines with poorer countries

UK could share 20% of its available Covid vaccines with poorer countries and still hit its target of offering a jab to every adult AHEAD of schedule, UNICEF claims The UK has already ordered 517million doses of different coronavirus vaccines But it only needs 160million to vaccinate all adults and give them booster jabs Analysis … Read more