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Official Says E.U. Plans to Let Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Visit This Summer

Sun, 2021-04-25 20:11 — mike kraft

BRUSSELS — American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the European Union over the summer, the head of the bloc’s executive body said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday, more than a year after shutting down nonessential travel from most countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The fast pace of vaccination in the United States, and advanced talks between authorities there and the European Union over how to make vaccine certificates acceptable as proof of immunity for visitors, will enable the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, to recommend a switch in policy that could see trans-Atlantic leisure travel restored.

“The Americans, as far as I can see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said Sunday in an interview with The Times in Brussels. “This will enable free movement and the travel to the European Union.

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Canada Bans Flights From Covid-Hit India, Pakistan for 30 Days

Thu, 2021-04-22 18:03 — mike kraft

Canada Bans Flights From Covid-Hit India, Pakistan for 30 Days Canada is banning direct flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to help control the spread of new variants of Covid-19. Kait Bolongaro,Sandrine Rastello Bloomberg

Canada is banning direct flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to help control the spread of new variants of Covid-19.

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U.S. government watchdog agency report faults chaotic government response to early pandemic overseas evacuations

Mon, 2021-04-19 20:05 — mike kraft

Watchdog report faults chaotic and unsafe response to early pandemic A lack of specific planning and infighting between federal agencies in the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic led to a chaotic effort to bring home hundreds of Americans from overseas that put Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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CDC study supports leaving airplane middle seats open to reduce COVID-19 exposure

Wed, 2021-04-14 18:38 — mike kraft

CDC study: Leaving middle seat open on planes could reduce COVID-19 A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found leaving the middle seat vacant on planes could reduce COVID-19 exposure for passengers, supporting a practice that has now been Justine Coleman TheHill

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Maine starts using mobile COVID-19 vaccination units to reach rural areas

Mon, 2021-04-12 10:35 — mike kraft

Mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit gets rolling in rural Maine PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine deployed its mobile vaccination unit on Monday as part of an effort to get COVID-19 shots to remote corners of the state. The unit got its start at the Oxford... AP NEWS

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine deployed its mobile vaccination unit on Monday as part of an effort to get COVID-19 shots to remote corners of the state.

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to lower carbon emissions, French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights

Sun, 2021-04-11 12:55 — mike kraft

French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel industry reels from the global pandemic. Reuters Staff U.S.

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‘Vaccine Passports’ Emerge as the Next Coronavirus political Divide, White House aloof

Wed, 2021-04-07 12:11 — mike kraft

...Around the country, businesses, schools and politicians are considering “vaccine passports” — digital proof of vaccination against the coronavirus — as a path to reviving the economy and getting Americans back to work and play. Businesses especially fear that too many customers will stay away unless they can be assured that the other patrons have been inoculated.

But the idea is raising charged legal and ethical questions: Can businesses require employees or customers to provide proof — digital or otherwise — that they have been vaccinated when the coronavirus vaccine is ostensibly voluntary?

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Vaccine passport apps are being developed but face technical challenges

Sat, 2021-04-03 11:52 — mike kraft

Vaccine passport apps are here. But the technical challenges are still coming. Vaccine passports need to be standardized to be useful. Several different organizations are creating different standards. Rachel Lerman Washington Post

SAN FRANCISCO — Coming soon to your smartphone: Digital codes that afford you access to airplanes, concert venues and even restaurants.

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CDC updates guidance to cruise ship industry, urges vaccinations

Fri, 2021-04-02 20:46 — mike kraft

CDC updates guidance to cruise ship industry, urges vaccinations The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance to the cruise ship industry, including the need for COVID-19 vaccinations, a necessary step before passenger voyages can resume. David Shepardson U.S.

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CDC now says it is OK for fully vaccinated to travel again

Fri, 2021-04-02 12:15 — mike kraft

Fully vaccinated can travel again, says new CDC guidance

NEW YORK (AP) — Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.

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