Ireland is to take part in discussions on proposals by the EU to create a coronavirus vaccine passport which it is hoped could allow people travel for a holiday or work, it emerged last night.
Spain considering green corridor for British tourists Emma Beaumont
Spain could introduce its own ‘green corridor’ for vaccinated British holidaymakers, if there is no collective EU decision on vaccine passports, the country’s Tourism Minister Fernando Valdés has said.
Mr Valdés confirmed that Spain was in “discussions” with the UK and told Bloomberg: “For us the British market is our main market. But obviously since we are a member of the European Union, the solutions have first to be part of the discussions in the EU.
“And obviously if that cannot be reached, we will be thinking of other corridors like green corridors with third countries that can help us restart tourism flows.”
Covid-19: The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials
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A single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine can protect older people, a study shows. California reaches a deal that encourages schools to reopen.
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A hot dog vendor in Los Angeles reopened on Monday after being closed for two months. The restaurant has been in business since 1939.Credit.Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms in Chicago public schools on Monday for the first time in nearly a year. Restaurants in Massachusetts were allowed to operate without capacity limits, and venues like roller skating rinks and movie theaters in most of the state opened with fewer restrictions. And South Carolina erased its limits on large gatherings.
Britain will be a different world soon: Fewer than TEN over-80s are admitted to ICUs with Covid every day in the entire country as data shows just ONE Oxford or Pfizer jab cuts risk of falling severely ill by 80%
Fewer than 10 Covid-19 patients aged over 80 are being sent to ICU wards each day due to vaccine roll-out Matt Hancock hailed exciting data showing one shot of Oxford pr Pfizer jab protects against severe disease
Study published by PHE found the vaccine more than 80 per cent effective at preventing hospital admission
Jonathan Van-Tam also revealed jabs protected about 60 per cent from getting symptomatic Covid illness