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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 22: Vaccination Rates Stall as Possible Surge Looms, Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked in 2020
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 742nd day of the pandemic.
Regular readers of this space know that the Morning News Brief has tracked vaccination rates for well over a year now.
The first person in the world to receive a vaccine was Margaret Keenan of Coventry, England, who was 90 when she received the jab on December …
Gatwick Express Train Service to London Resumes after Two-Year Pause
The non-stop Gatwick Express trains linking Central London and Gatwick Airport will resume service in April, the train’s operators said.
The move was announced by Govia Thameslink Railway.
The Gatwick Express was suspended in March 2020 amidst the coronavirus pandemic-induced downturn in travel.
The service resumed on weekdays in December of last year, but lasted only for two weeks as the omicron variant of the coronavirus took hold.
Service will resume April 3 and …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 18: Italy to Ease Restrictions, 9 Members of Congress Test Positive
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 77th day of 2022.
It should come as no surprise that researchers testing ivermectin at Canada’s McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that it did nothing to reduce hospitalizations.
The antiparasitic drug has been touted by multiple celebrities including Joe Rogan and Donald Trump as a remedy for Covid, despite clinical evidence …
Delta Adds New Flights to Europe for the Summer Travel Season
Delta Air Lines announced multiple new flights to Europe and said it will also increase frequencies and upgauge aircraft on other routes.
The list of new flights includes New York to Stockholm, which will start on June 1, 2022, and Salt Lake City to London Heathrow, commencing on May 14.
The Atlanta-based carrier said it would operate up to 74 daily flights to 21 European cities from its ten U.S. gateway cities …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 16: What Rising Case Numbers in Europe Mean for the U.S.
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 75th day of 2022.
If you recently started wearing your face mask less often, you might want to reach for it. Two weeks after the United Kingdom ended its remaining coronavirus restrictions, the country is seeing a rise in new infections and hospitalizations, as are multiple countries on the European continent.
Cases …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 12: The New ‘Deltacron’ Variant, Broadway’s Sudden Shutdown
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 71st day of 2022.
Today, among other important news items, we look at the new deltacron variant and look back at the how, in the earliest days of the pandemic, Broadway theaters, followed by those in the West End, closed.
Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all Broadway theaters to close by 5 p.m. …
Aeroflot to Halt Almost All International Flights
Aeroflot-Russian Airlines said Saturday that it will suspend virtually all of its international flights starting on March 8.
The only foreign destination the Russian flag carrier will serve after that date is neighboring Belarus.
The action comes as Moscow faces an ever increasing range of Western sanctions over the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The move follows a recommendation by the country’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, that all Russian airlines that operate using aircraft …
