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.
Hawaiian Airlines to resume service between Boston and Honolulu
Travelers on Hawaiian Airlines can fly nonstop between Logan International Airport and Honolulu next month as Hawaii eases travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier, which suspended most of its flying in late March due to the global health crisis, will resume flights between the following six cities and Honolulu on August 1: Boston, New....
Nepal reopens to tourists coming by air, land borders still closed.
Nepal has thrown open the doors to foreign tourists after keeping them out for nine months as the country battled the Covid-19 pandemic. All tourist visas have been restored, and foreign visitors are now free to fly into the country, the Department of Immigration said, but the land borders are still closed. “Issuance of tourists entry visa from Nepali diplomatic missions abroad has resumed,” the