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Unpicking of Trump-era asylum curbs primes partisan powder keg
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As the Biden administration announced on Friday plans to end Covid-related restrictions for undocumented people arriving at the southern border, it guaranteed that irregular immigration will return as even more of a p...
Biarritz curbs holiday lets to make way for locals
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With its elegant boutiques and stretches of golden sand, the French resort of Biarritz has long proved a popular holiday destination. Wealthier visitors have flocked to the Hôtel du Palais, while another crowd comes f...
‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs
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Countries should clamp down on the “aggressive” and “unethical” marketing of formula milk for babies, including forcing companies to sell products in plain packaging, a report by the World Health Organization and Unic...
‘Why so fast?’: world experts react to England ending Covid curbs
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The UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced this week that he aimed to abolish all Covid regulations, including the requirement to isolate after testing positive, in England from 24 Februarie. Here’s what experts...
UK must be poised to introduce swift Covid curbs, says NHS leader
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Boris Johnson must be ready to restrict social mixing to stop hospitals being overwhelmed by an Omicron-driven surge in Covid cases, a senior NHS leader has said. The rapid spread of the new variant means the prime mi...
Christmas curbs could be brought in within days, sê Sajid Javid
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Die gesondheidsekretaris, Sajid Javid, has made clear that fresh Covid restrictions could be imposed before Christmas to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, with ministers set to make a decision in days. Government in...
Sajid Javid refuses to rule out further Covid curbs before Christmas
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Die gesondheidsekretaris, Sajid Javid, has made clear that tougher Covid restrictions could be imposed in England before Christmas, after the government’s Sage committee warned that hospitalisations could peak at between ...
Sajid Javid: 'geen waarborge nie’ oor verdere Covid-randstene voor Kersfees – video
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Die Britse gesondheidsekretaris het geweier om uit te sluit dat strenger Covid-beperkings in Engeland voor Kersfees ingestel word, na waarskuwings dat hospitalisasies 'n hoogtepunt van tot 10,000 'n dag sonder verdere optrede. Praat oor die ...
Netherlands to enter lockdown as nations across Europe tighten curbs to slow Omicron spread
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Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of Covid infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationwide lockdo...
Welsh leader says new Covid curbs needed to tackle ‘brewing storm’
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Nightclubs in Wales will be closed, social distancing in offices reintroduced and safety measures in shops and pubs brought in immediately after Christmas in readiness for the “storm” of the Omicron variant. The Labou...
More Covid curbs possible but families can have Christmas together – Raab
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Further Covid restrictions between Christmas and New Year are under discussion in government, Dominic Raab has said, but stressed he believed plan B measures should be enough to allow people to spend the season with l...
Omicron Covid variant prompts nervous governments to impose travel curbs
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The Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in several more countries, prompting nervous governments to impose tough travel restrictions to try to keep it at bay while scientists race to establish how dangero...
Thailand reopens to some vaccinated tourists after 18 months of Covid curbs
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Thailand has reopened to fully vaccinated tourists, with tens of thousands of travellers expected to touch down in Bangkok and Phuket as the country reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid restrictions. ...
Record Covid fatalities as Russia prepares for nationwide curbs
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Russia reported a record 1,075 Covid deaths in 24 hours on Saturday as Europe’s hardest-hit country with dramatically low vaccination rates prepares for nationwide curbs from next week. Despite a number of pleas from ...
Covid travel curbs could cost London £6.6bn in overseas tourism
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London will bear the brunt of an £11bn drop in revenue from overseas tourists resulting from the government’s continued tough restrictions on travel to England, volgens navorsing. The Centre for Economic & Bus...
UK minister seeks to calm row over France Covid travel curbs
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A British cabinet minister has sought to dampen down a growing diplomatic row with France over the imposition of tougher international restrictions on millions of travellers owing to the threat of the Beta variant of ...