Covid-19: Hotel quarantine for 'high-risk' Ireland arrivals
Mandatory hotel quarantine is now in place for all travellers arriving into the Republic of Ireland from 33 countries deemed "high risk" for Covid-19 transmission. Passengers must book and pay for a 12-night stay from a selection of dedicated hotels across the country. The time could be reduced if someone receives a negative Covid-19 test on day 10 of quarantine.
American tourists barred from entering Bahamas due to COVID-19 cases; other countries still allowed
American tourists will be barred from entering the Bahamas amid the re-surging COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a national address Sunday. The rollback comes three weeks after the Bahamas reopened its borders to travelers. The situation in the Bahamas has deteriorated "at an exponential rate since we reopened our international borders" on
First Britons receive Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the pandemic
The United Kingdom has become the world's first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens with a fully vetted and authorized Covid-19 shot, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic. The first Briton to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine -- 90-year-old Margaret Keenan -- received the first of two doses at 6:31 a.m. local time on Tuesday at University Hospital in Coventry, less than a week after the UK became the first country to approve it.