India slowly resuming global flights with air bubble deals
India has cautiously opened up limited air travel with a clutch of countries including the US and United Arab Emirates (UAE). American carrier United Airlines last Friday started operating 18 flights from Newark and San Francisco to Delhi, following an air bubble agreement. The flights, till the end of the month, follow
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.
Coronavirus: What are the UK's travel rules and which countries can you visit?
Passengers entering the UK from dozens of countries no longer have to quarantine. More than 50 countries - including many popular holiday spots - now pose ''a reduced risk'' from coronavirus, the government says. However, not all of them have ended restrictions for UK tourists when they arrive there.