we have been carrying on with diplomacy through the pandemic, but there s nothing quite as effective as face to face diplomacy, and that s why having a covid compliant face to face g7 meeting is so important. sporting and politicialfigures have condemned the violence against police during a protest at old trafford yesterday. when you get fans breaking into stadiums, when you get fans hurting police officers, when you get fans smashing glass to get into the hospitality, then that is not the way to do it. the queen sends a message to the people of northern ireland marking the country s centenary, and praising the continued peace as a credit to its people, upon whose shoulders the future rests . and coming up, the first non socially distanced gig for over a year, last night in liverpool. research from the pilot event in sefton park will help to show how concerts and festivals can safely take place again. mps are urging the government to maintain restrictions on foreign holida
i m paula newton, and this is cnn newsroom. michigan s governor is pleading with the biden administration to rush more vaccines to that state. take a look at the surge in cases there on saturday alone. michigan reported nearly 7,000 new cases, and as hospitalizations increase, some health providers in michigan are delaying non-emergency procedures on a case-by-case basis. hospital officials call it a last resort. cnn s evan mcmorrison santoro has the latest. reporter: as covid-19 cases soar to an alarming level in michigan, a warning we re on track to see a surge in cases that s even greater than the one we saw in the fall. the state s hospitalization rates are climbing. governor wihitmer is asking schools to go remote. in the end, we all know what works and this has to be a team effort. we have to do this together. reporter: vaccinations in the state continue, but not fast enough. the government is pleading for more vaccines from the government as the supp
close contact of someone with covid but if you have not been fully vaccinated then your self isolation would have to continue for ten days and obviously that is a reflection of the medical, scientific evidence that being vaccinated does significantly reduce your chance of serious illness, having to go into hospital or possibly even worse consequences than that. very much t in: to consequences than that. very much trying to encourage consequences than that. very much trying to encourage more consequences than that. very much trying to encourage more people i consequences than that. very much trying to encourage more people to| trying to encourage more people to take all the vaccinations, including booster because nicola sturgeon pointing towards the fact that there could be1 million cases recorded since the start of the pandemic by tomorrow. . , ,, tomorrow. that is right. she did get a sense early tomorrow. that is right. she did get a sense early in tomorrow. that is
reviewer of covid measures, jonathan, and good news for those who wish to travel and the travel industry. who wish to travel and the travel indust . , , ., ., who wish to travel and the travel indust . , ., ., ., industry. yes, confirmation from the prime minister industry. yes, confirmation from the prime minister this industry. yes, confirmation from the prime minister this afternoon - industry. yes, confirmation from the prime minister this afternoon to - industry. yes, confirmation from the prime minister this afternoon to be i prime minister this afternoon to be widely reported changes to travel advice and travel requirements, rather, for people arriving in the uk, arriving in england. they won t need to take a test before they depart and after they arrive they will no longer need to take a pcr test, a lateral flow test up to two days after arrival will be sufficient. those changes coming in later on this week. and we have also heard today about changes to the requi
# we are family.# the multi award winning music producer, nile rodgers, auctions some of his favourite guitars for charity. good morning. urgent travel restrictions are being rushed in for south africa and five neighbouring countries because of concerns about a new strain of coronavirus which scientists fear could be more infectious and better able to evade vaccines. the measures were announced last night even though the variant s potential danger is still not fully understood, and only a few dozen cases involving it have been confirmed. all flights from south africa, namibia, zimbabwe, botswana, lesotho and eswatini are being suspended from midday, and from sunday, travellers arriving in england from those countries will have to quarantine. cases have been identified in south africa, hong kong, botswana so far. but no cases have been confirmed in the uk. the health secretary, sajid javid, said the variant has a significant number of mutations, which means it could be more tr