Prince William Is Very Proud of Grandparents Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth for Getting COVID Vaccine People 1/17/2021
Prince William is proud of the example his grandparents are setting for their British citizens.
The royal, 38, recently spoke with frontline workers and volunteers from across the U.K. via a video call about the country s COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, and praised Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for getting the vaccine. My grandparents have had the vaccine and I m very proud of them for doing that, William said, adding, It s really important that everyone gets their vaccine.
Buckingham Palace announced earlier this month that the Queen, 94, and her husband, 99, who are both in the high-risk category, were given vaccinations. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today received Covid-19 vaccinations, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told PEOPLE on Jan. 9.
Those infected with the new variant and their close contacts would be quarantined, and Mr. Hancock said that travel from South Africa would be restricted. At least five other countries have put in place similar restrictions on travelers from South Africa.
More than 50 governments have barred travelers from Britain since Saturday, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson first raised the alarm over the variant spreading in England and imposed the new lockdown.
French officials also blocked freight shipments for 48 hours, saying the border closure was needed to establish testing protocols given the alarm over the variant.
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The port of Dover on Monday. The French government halted freight shipments for 48 hours.Credit.Andrew Testa for The New York Times
Virus Disrupts Travel and Trade Between U.K and Europe
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Financial markets were jolted on Monday after the emergence of a fast-spreading coronavirus variant led to the suspension of some trade and travel with Britain as well as another lockdown in London, a new threat that overshadowed progress in Washington toward a long-awaited economic aid package.
But after falling sharply at the start of trading, Wall Street’s major benchmarks mostly recovered before ending the day mixed.
The Dow Jones industrial average recouped all of its early losses to finish slightly up for the day, and the S&P 500 index declined 0.4 percent, its second straight decline near the end of a tumultuous year.