Research indicates canines could be used to ward off new variants and protect borders Freya detects a sample of malaria from a row of sample pots at the Medical Detection Dogs charity headquarters in Milton Keynes, England. The charity is currently working with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to test whether the dogs can be re-trained to detect Covid-19. Getty Images
An employee releases dogs from a kennel during Covid-19 detection training at the Aeroflot PJSC canine training facility in Moscow, Russia. Getty Images
A coronavirus sniffer dog named Valo sits at Helsinki airport in Vantaa, Finland, to check arriving passengers. AFP
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Queen Elizabeth II visited the the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, ahead of its maiden operational deployment.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth is the latest Royal Navy ship to honour the queen s Tudor forebear Queen Elizabeth I.
It is set to embark on a 28-week deployment to Asia that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted is not intended to provoke China.
The £3 billion ($4.24 billion) vessel boasts eight RAF F35B stealth fighter jets on board and is scheduled to depart from Portsmouth Naval Base in southern England, accompanied by six Royal Navy ships, a submarine, 14 naval helicopters and a company of Royal Marines.
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Two shots of a Covid vaccine work almost as well against the Indian variant as they do against the dominant UK strain of the virus, a new study published shows.
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock called the data groundbreaking and expressed hope stage 4 of England’s Covid roadmap could proceed without hitch on June 21.
According to figures from Public Health England, 22,071,497 people in the UK had been fully vaccinated against the virus on May 21.
With these figures showing that the UK is delivering a seven-day average of 337,000 second doses, many millions more Britons are on track to receive dose number two by June 21, when more Covid restrictions will be lifted.
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The gradual reversal of Covid restrictions on international travel has provided a welcome fillip for tourists but left the world riddled with contradictory and confusing rules.
The UK is a significant contributor to this.
On Monday it launched its much-trailed traffic light system which puts countries on either a green, amber or red list and tailors the level of travel restrictions accordingly. However, of the major countries on its green list, only Portugal currently welcomes Britons.
Germany is on the UK s amber list but on Saturday it imposed fresh restrictions on UK travellers, citing concerns over the Indian variant, of which Britain has the most cases in Europe.
It enjoyed royal patronage, and The Queen Mother was a devotee of its botanical tableware which is still being produced today.
The factory played a pivotal role in the area’s arts and crafts history – Chelsea’s inherent creative spirit was born in the 18th century when craftspeople made the porcelain famous worldwide.
The artistic area.
Sprimont House lies in the heart of Old Chelsea on Old Church Street, near the River Thames and set back from the array of shops, cafes and eateries found on London’s King’s Road.
For those with a penchant for expensive shoes, Sprimont House couldn’t be more aptly located, just a few feet away from the world-renowned Manolo Blahnik shoe store.