Nursing homes consider new restrictions as delta variant of coronavirus rages
Evan Axelbank reports
CLEARWATER, Fla. - To Jodi Merritt s mom, Betty Lou, visits with grandchildren are akin to the very air she breathes. She is like why are you leaving, and I say, Mom I have to go, I am only allowed to stay an hour.
With the delta variant raging and cases on the rise, Bay Area nursing homes are taking a hard look at their procedures. To visit the 83-year-old stroke victim inside her Tampa nursing home, Merritt has to get tested twice a week. There are more loose requirements for outside, and she hopes that even with state positivity up fivefold in five weeks, it stays that way.
MIAMI – It is no surprise that airlines worldwide are exploring all possible ways out of the extreme crisis that COVID-19 has caused.
In the next few months, experts predict a concentration on leisure trips and less on business travel, according to Italian travel new outlet
lastampa.it. After the pandemic, La Stampa says, people are going to want to take a break, and that’s what airlines will have to concentrate on.
Recently, Lufthansa (LH) revealed that the pandemic caused a 75% traffic loss. But signs of improvement, notably from Great Britain, have already led to a substantial increase in bookings to fly abroad in some tourist hotspots thanks to the recent results to stave off the epidemic.
Wealthy ‘vaccine tourists’ are said to be heading to Florida to get vaccinated first. Reuters
As millions of elderly Floridians scramble to register for a limited but growing supply of Covid-19 vaccines in the United States, state officials are clamping down on so-called vaccine tourism by limiting doses to only the state’s part- and full-time residents.
Shirley Hicks, 70, a retired teacher from the state’s west coast, spent three weeks glued to her computer to find a dose for her husband Michael, 80, after Florida became one of the first states in the US allowing vaccines for those aged 65 or older.
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MIAMI As millions of elderly Floridians scramble to register for a limited but growing supply of COVID-19 vaccines, state officials are clamping down on so-called vaccine tourism by limiting doses to only the state’s part- and full-time residents.
Shirley Hicks, 70, a retired teacher from the state’s west coast, spent three weeks glued to her computer to find a dose for her husband Michael, 80, after Florida became one of the first states allowing vaccines for those aged 65 or older.
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A medical worker prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination site at the Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds in Plant City, Florida, U.S. January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
MIAMI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As millions of elderly Floridians scramble to register for a limited but growing supply of COVID-19 vaccines, state officials are clamping down on so-called vaccine tourism by limiting doses to only the state’s part- and full-time residents.
Shirley Hicks, 70, a retired teacher from the state’s west coast, spent three weeks glued to her computer to find a dose for her husband Michael, 80, after Florida became one of the first states allowing vaccines for those aged 65 or older.