France, England Widen Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines
Voice of America
01 Jun 2021, 10:35 GMT+10
To fight a rise in cases caused by the coronavirus variants, France and England moved Monday to increase vaccinations.
France is now allowing all adults to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, were vaccinated Monday. Like Brigitte and I, like 25 million French people have already done, let s get vaccinated! To protect ourselves, to protect our loved ones, Macron, who contracted the disease caused by the coronavirus in December, tweeted.
As of Monday, France had confirmed more than 5.7 million cases of COVID-19 and 109,690 deaths caused by the disease, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
We have compiled a list of some of the attractions we ve missed the most.
Royal Pavilion One of city s most well-known landmarks, the Royal Pavilion was once the home of King George VI and was used as a retreat by King William IV and briefly by Queen Victoria.
The Pavilion received a funding boost during the pandemic Completed in 1823 and influenced by both Chinese and Indian architecture and fashion, the Pavilion was also used as a military hospital during the First World War, treating sick and injured soldiers from the Indian Army. Visitors can explore the Pavilion with an audio guide available for free from their smartphone.
IT has been revealed that a surprisingly low number of people in Brighton have visited one of our city’s proudest attractions. A study carried out by booking platform GetYourGuide revealed that people in the UK are more likely to return to a foreign holiday destination than they are to visit a British landmark or attraction. The average person has visited eight countries outside the UK, and more have been to the Eiffel Tower (35 per cent) than Brighton Palace Pier (26 per cent).
More people claim to have visited the Eifel Tower than Brighton Palace Pier But the study also revealed that people in Brighton are guilty of neglecting the attraction, with 41 percent of people in city claiming to have never set foot on the famous pier.