The figure was the lowest since last August with infections also plummeting to an eight-month low.
Despite the falling numbers – and the huge success of the vaccine rollout – Britain is still not scheduled to open up fully for another seven weeks. Ministers are even hinting that masks and forms of social distancing may continue past June 21.
And the list of quarantine-free destinations is likely to be very limited when the blanket ban on foreign travel ends later this month.
Robert Syms, Tory MP for Poole, urged Boris Johnson to stick to his promise of following ‘data not dates’.
Boris Johnson has been urged to follow data not dates in the reopening of the country after Britain saw just one Covid death recorded yesterday
Jackson County says McGrath’s Fish House in Medford has 5 cases linked to it.
Crest Transportation has 6 cases and Gander RV and Outdoors in Medford has 5 cases linked to the business.
Jackson County Health says all of these are ongoing investigations.
McGrath’s reached out to NBC5 News with the following statement:
We have a clarification on the news report of a COVID outbreak at McGrath’s Fish House in Medford which aired without all the facts.
There were 3 positive cases confirmed among employees of McGrath’s. Those employees had little or no contact with customers. One employee had not even worked in the week prior. Two linked cases had no connection to McGrath’s, but were at McGrath’s.
Man wounded in gunfire exchange with Bibb deputy has run from cops, shot man before
Macon Telegraph 4/30/2021 Joe Kovac Jr., The Macon Telegraph
Apr. 30 A Macon man who fled police and then opened fire on them late Thursday was shot and wounded by a Bibb County sheriff s deputy at the end of a brief car chase through the Pleasant Hill community, officials said.
The man, later identified as Carlton Lewis Alexander Jr., 35, suffered what sheriff s officials described as non-life-threatening wounds from being shot in the leg as gunfire was exchanged.
The deputy, Travis Carlisle, a seven-year veteran, was not injured.
A new restaurant has debuted on the Radcliff dining scene, offering a variety of hand-crafted pizzas and Italian-inspired selections.
At 125 W. Lincoln Trail Blvd., Kickinâ Pizza officially opened April 19. Customers can dine-in or order to-go through curbside pickup. Catering also is available through the business.
The restaurant is co-owned and operated by Moe Mezyed, who also owns and operates the Fish House, with locations in Radcliff, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville and Chicago.
Mezyed said when developing Kickinâ Pizza, he partnered with Trino Rodriguez and Hugo Garcia, both of whom have worked at the Fish House for the past four years. He said Rodriguez and Garcia have extensive experience working with restaurants specializing in Italian cuisine.