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.
COLOMBIA OFFICIALLY REOPENING BORDERS FOR TOURISM ON SEPT 21
Colombia is officially reopening its borders for international tourism on September 21, 2020. Colombia’s airports will also reopen on the 21st, initially connecting the nation with the USA, Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Guatemala, as announced by the Ministry of Transportation.
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