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Pandemic opportunity? Pumping new life into cities.

Fri, 2021-01-08 20:38 — mike kraft

Pandemic opportunity? Pumping new life into cities. How cities are reclaiming streets from cars and easing inequality amid the pandemic. The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor

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Here’s Why Distribution of the Vaccine Is Taking Longer Than Expected

Thu, 2020-12-31 12:02 — mike kraft

In Florida, less than one-quarter of delivered coronavirus vaccines have been used, even as older people sat in lawn chairs all night waiting for their shots. In Puerto Rico, last week’s vaccine shipments did not arrive until the workers who would have administered them had left for the Christmas holiday. In California, doctors are worried about whether there will be enough hospital staff members to both administer vaccines and tend to the swelling number of Covid-19 patients.

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Tribes try to protect their elders and their knowledge from virus; Canada distributes vaccines to remote areas

Mon, 2020-12-28 10:10 — mike kraft

Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam's Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Native American seniors couldn't move fast... AP NEWS

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Japan, France, Sweden report cases of coronavirus variant found in UK

Sat, 2020-12-26 09:27 — mike kraft

Japan and France report cases of coronavirus variant found in UK Six new cases emerge as Russia becomes latest country to tighten controls on travel from Britain Emma Graham-Harrison the Guardian

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Covid-19: US imposes tests on UK airline passengers

Sat, 2020-12-26 09:16 — mike kraft

Covid-19: US imposes tests on UK airline passengers The new rule will begin on 28 December amid concerns over the new variant of coronavirus. BBC News

All airline passengers arriving in the US from the UK are to be required to test negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departure amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant.

From 28 December travellers will need to provide written documentation of their test result to airlines.

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What the data say about border closures and COVID spread

Wed, 2020-12-23 17:46 — mike kraft

What the data say about border closures and COVID spread Models estimate that travel restrictions worked early in the pandemic, but became less effective throughout the year. Smriti Mallapaty nature

As countries in Europe rush to close their borders to the United Kingdom to prevent transmission of a new — and potentially more transmissible — variant of SARS-CoV-2, research has estimated the effect of international travel restrictions on COVID-19 spread earlier in the pandemic.

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Can Travel Bans Really Stop the Spread of Coronavirus Variants? Experts Are Skeptical

Wed, 2020-12-23 12:28 — mike kraft

LONDON — As nation after nation rushed this week to close their borders with Britain, the moves brought back memories of the way the world reacted after the coronavirus first emerged broadly in the spring. Most of those initial travel prohibitions came too late, put in place after the virus had already seeded itself in communities far and wide.

This time, with countries trying to stop the spread of a new, possibly more contagious coronavirus variant identified by Britain, it may also be too late. It is not known how widely the variant is already circulating, experts say, and the bans threaten to cause more economic and emotional hardship as the toll wrought by the virus continues to grow.

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UK military to support coronavirus testing as business groups warn of food supply issues

Wed, 2020-12-23 09:25 — mike kraft

British military personnel will be supporting efforts to carry out coronavirus tests, beginning Wednesday, for hauliers currently stranded in Kent, near the Port of Dover, the UK Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

"Starting today, 170 personnel will support COVID-19 testing for hauliers travelling to France from Kent," the MOD said in a tweet. "The support from our Armed Forces personnel will help to get hauliers moving again."

Police at the port told a CNN team there that some form of mobile coronavirus testing is also expected to arrive at the port in the next few hours, however they could not confirm where the testing would take place.

The announcement comes hours after the UK and France agreed to allow truck drivers to travel across the English Channel from the Port of Dover -- the UK’s main gateway to France and the Continent for freight transportation -- providing they have proof of a negative coronavirus test result.

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