Britain set to ease Covid-19 lockdown, but huge India outbreak persists
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LONDON, May 10, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak.
Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging in many countries and concerns are growing about global vaccine inequality.
The pandemic has claimed close to 3.3 million lives worldwide and Britain has the highest death toll in Europe, but its successful vaccination programme has allowed the authorities to start relaxing curbs.
A rapid vaccination programme has allowed British authorities to ease many coronavirus restrictions.
LONDON: Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak.
Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging in many countries and concerns are growing about global vaccine inequality.
The pandemic has claimed close to 3.3 million lives worldwide and Britain has the highest death toll in Europe, but its successful vaccination programme has allowed the authorities to start relaxing curbs.
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People had come from all over Latin America Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela where the vaccine rollout has been slow and hampered by supply shortages
A long line of people snaked across the sand of Miami Beach, Florida, as dozens of travellers from Latin America waited their turn at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination booth.
Sweating under the Sunday afternoon sun, visitors checked into an online system no proof of residence required and soon after received a free, single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a vaccination card.
People had come from all over Latin America Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela where the vaccine rollout has been slow and hampered by supply shortages.
May 11, 2021
MIAMI BEACH, UNITED STATES (AFP) – A long line of people snaked across the sand of Miami Beach, Florida, as dozens of travellers from Latin America waited their turn at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination booth.
Sweating under the Sunday afternoon sun, visitors checked into an online system – no proof of residence required – and soon after received a free, single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a vaccination card.
People had come from all over Latin America – Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela – where the vaccine rollout has been slow and hampered by supply shortages.
“In my country, (COVID-19) is getting out of hand and there’s not much chance we’ll have access to the vaccine soon,” Maria Bonilla, who arrived last Saturday from Honduras, told
Vaccine tourists fly to US
AFP, MIAMI BEACH, Florida
A long line of people on Sunday snaked across the sand of Miami Beach, Florida, as dozens of travelers from Latin America waited their turn at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination booth.
Sweating under the afternoon sun, visitors checked into an online system no proof of residence required and soon after received a free, single-dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a vaccination card.
People had come from all over Latin America Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela where the vaccine rollout has been slow and hampered by supply shortages.
Healthcare workers register people to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Gramps bar in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida, on Saturday.