US hits vaccine milestone as NZealand, Australia open travel bubble
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WASHINGTON, April 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The hard-hit United States has passed a hopeful milestone as half its adults have had at least one Covid vaccine dose and from Monday all its over 18s will be eligible to get their shot.
The positive news from America the world’s hardest-hit country comes amid easing restrictions for several European nations and the launch of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand.
But in India authorities were scrambling to free up hospital beds and secure additional supplies of oxygen and treatment drugs as the vast nation reported a record daily caseload.
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Hugs, tears as Australia-NZ travel bubble commences
AFP, QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand
Families reunited in emotional scenes yesterday, as Australia and New Zealand launched a quarantine-free travel bubble that opened the border almost 400 days after its COVID-19 pandemic-enforced closure.
There were group hugs and enthusiastic welcomes at airport terminals on both sides of the Tasman Sea as the long-awaited bubble sparked joy and relief.
Lorraine Wratt, a New Zealander stranded by the pandemic while visiting family in Australia, said that traveling again was “wonderful.”
An elderly man waits for his family to arrive from New Zealand at Sydney International Airport yesterday.
Channels Television
Updated April 19, 2021
A deserted Indian Gate taken on Monday 19th,2021, as India prepares to lock down New Delhi
PHOTO CREDIT: EMMANUEL OSHOBAJO
India will lock down its capital New Delhi for a week from Monday night to try and control a raging coronavirus outbreak, as the hard-hit United States passed a hopeful milestone of giving at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose to half its adults.
There was good news from Australia and New Zealand as well as the two neighbours opened a travel bubble that would allow people to travel without a mandatory quarantine.
Infections are skyrocketing in India, however, with hospitals running out of beds and the government forced to reimpose economically painful restrictions again.