Extra support for parts of the country including of the North East of england in the battle against rising numbers of covid 19. Its due to recent data showing that nearly 30 of adults in newcastle for example, havent even had their firstjab. Among younger adults its almost half. In the whole of england nearly 70 of the Adult Population has had both jabs which is why auhorities say theyre taking action. The bbc s Martin Forster reports. Injanuary, worried people queued up to be vaccinated and the limiting factor was how quickly the nhs could get hold of vaccines. Six months later, and its a very different story. The vaccines are there, the vaccinators are there, but the nhs is dealing with a far more sceptical audience. While the North East are seeing the highest rates of infection in the country, in newcastle, nearly three in ten adults remain completely unvaccinated. I guess theres a sense that perhaps were getting towards The End of the pandemic and i think thats probably playing int
Here In the uk, a number of aIrlInes and some AIrport Operators have told the bbc thIs weekend could be the busIest for InternatIonal Travel sInce the start of the pandemIc. Jet2 says Its operatIng 170 flIghts to more than a0 destInatIons, wIth fully vaccInated travellers to Amber LIst countrIes no longer havIng to quarantIne on return. SImon brownIng has more. FInally, the suItcases are packed. The Hand Luggage sorted. Sunglasses at the ready. The last 18 months have been tough for the travel Industry, but recent government changes mean most Amber LIst countrIes are open for Travel WIthout QuarantIne On Return If youre double jabbed. And people are bookIng, packIng and jettIng off. Its just so excItIng to get on an aeroplane agaIn. Its wonderful. Were off to IbIza. Yeah. FrIends have got a vIlla there and we booked It ages ago, werent sure If we can make It or not, but looks lIke, you know, weve jumped through all the hoops, so. Im goIng to spaIn to see my famIly. Its been nearly one
busy this easter. airports and airlines are expecting passenger on airlines are expecting passenger on a bus to return to pre pandemic levels. in the uk there are reports of long queues of motorists waiting to board ferries at dover as the easter getaway begins. the ferry service dfds says there are delays because of high winds in the channel. earlier i was joined by our transport correspondent katy austin and host of the bbc travel show carmen roberts. carmen told me about the issues facing travellers in dover. yes, it s not a good start for many holiday makers. about 20,000 cars are expected to get through dover this easter weekend. if you look on social media, holiday makers are saying they have arrived at the port at 2am and 3am and it s taken them up to three hours to get checked in. only to find that their ferry is delayed. so these ferries crossing the channel overnight have been buffeted by winds of up to 70 80mph from storm nelson. so it s not a good start. i suppo