following the rules. but nobody is following the rules. nobody is ready to listen to the rules. at the gangasagar festival in west bengal, officials try to enforce covid restrictions. pilgrims have to show their vaccine certificates, along with an rt pcr test report ta ken two days before arrival. but most here believe god will save them from covid. three million people are expected here. doctors ask the state high court to stop the festival, fearing it would become a super spreader event. but that was rejected. they re worried because last april there was a record rise in coronavirus cases after the government of a state in the north allowed the massive kumbh mela festival to go ahead. the indian prime minister says the festivals show india s vibrant cultural diversity. meanwhile, coronavirus
well, i would say on the vaccine passports i think the hostility that many people have in america in general to the government s looking over my shoulder, they re monitoring me, all the misinformation out there which is believed by a lot of people about, you know, some microprocessor being injected into them with the vaccine. this is why a government is hesitant to create a electronic vaccine certificate. on the other hand many states, and i know with washington s tacit understanding have begun to make electronic vaccine certificates available, have a common platform for them and not force people to use them but allow people to opt in with their phone. i think that is really important especially as we get to an endemic state, and we re all going to need vaccination and then some repeated boosters.
plenty of youth on our panel tonight. tonight with the context, dahlia scheindlin, political analyst with the century foundation thinktank in tel aviv. and in washington, ron christie, former adviser to president george bush. from next week, all plan b measures in england that were introduced to combat the 0micron variant will come to an end. there will be no more vaccine certificates, no compulsory mask wearing in classrooms or on public transport. the guidance to work from home ended today. and it seems the prime minister is ready to go a step further. he has told the commons the legal requirement for people with covid i9 to self isolate will be dropped on march the 24th, earlier if possible. there is no question that in england, those areas hit first and hardest are seeing a dramatic drop in cases. there s a similar picture in america in some of the east coast cities hit first, but across the rest of the country cases are still rising, and in israel where they gave older
welcome back. people travelling to england from overseas will no longer have to take a covid test if they are fully vaccinated. the requirement to provide a lateral flow or pcr test will be dropped on the 11th feb, in time for the half term break. and it is one of series of measure the british government is ending. from thursday there will be no more vaccine certificates, the legal requirement to wear a mask will go, they have already ended the work from home directive. measures are being eased in scotland and wales too. the transport secretary said today s announcement marks a new chapter in the pandemic and will make travel much easier. mr speaker, we promised we would not keep these measures in place a day longer than was necessary, and it is obvious to me now that border testing for vaccinated travellers has outlived its usefulness, and therefore, we are scrapping all travel tests for vaccinated people.
from the leds, which the makers say effectively sanitises surfaces without the use of chemicals. to zap the nasties, you position the wand about three centimetres above what you want sanitised. admittedly, i do feel a little bit silly doing this, but i know how effective uvc light is, so i d like to think it s working. uvc works by scrambling bacteria s genetic code so they can no longer function. so, i guess the real burning question here is does something like this provide more peace of mind than, say, a disposable wipe that s more tangible and actually makes you feel like you re cleaning something? of course, i think it depends on the user, but this really is a nifty way to sanitises surfaces and objects without chemicals or liquid. it s fantastic for door handles, keyboards, telephones, toilet seats basically anything you can wave this thing over. now to world of the apps, which have come to the aid of the travellers during the pandemic who need somewhere to put their covid vacci