Several destinations, including Malta, the Netherlands and Gibraltar, will now likely be added to a list of countries that require visitors to be quarantined for up to two weeks after their return to the UK.
While cases in France are on the rise, The Sun understands that it has yet to the point where officials feel the need to pull air bridges.
This occurs when thousands of A-level academics were devastated, after test regulators revealed that 40% of grades had been reduced.
As the exams and closure were canceled, a set of computer rules was first used to adjust teacher grades to 250,000 students.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus deaths has decreased to 5377 as a result of pressure on how deaths are recorded.
This means that now, deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus check will be counted in the official figure.
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SMOKING BAN
A region of Spain has banned smoking on the streets due to the transmission of a coronavirus.
Galicia, in the northeast of Spain, has imposed a ban on all public roads where social remoteness is respected, after 827 new cases.
Coronavirus cases in Spain reached 376864, with 28579 killed.
According to local media, the ban was due to tobacco smoke being a “risk of infection” with coronavirus and forcing others to remove the mask while smoking.
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CANCELLED CRUISES
Viking Cruises has cancelled all public holidays until next year due to the ongoing pandemic.
The cruise was forced to suspend until 2021 due to “complicated trips abroad”.
All passengers who have booked cruises this year can request a full refund, if requested before August 24, or a 125% long-term cruise credit.
Credits will be used within the next 24 months, and 2021 and 2022 cruises can now be booked.
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More and more people are starting to get ahead of themselves for cancer controls, the NHS said.
Regarding cancer reference figures, an NHS spokeswoman said: “Hospitals have effectively and temporarily monitored patients urgently referred through their GP, with more than 92% of urgent cancer referrals investigated in two weeks, and another 85,000 people who have begun to cure cancer. from the beginning pandemic coronavirus.
“More and more people are getting ahead of themselves for cancer control, with 45,000 additional referrals this month, and the key point remains that anyone involved in an imaginable symptom deserves to touch their GP and get tested.
THE VIRUS SPREADS RAPIDLY IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS
Health Board executive leader Michael Dickson said other people developed symptoms and then traveled home through Orkney and mainland Scotland.
Dickson said in a statement: “NHS Orkney is responding to a major public physical fitness challenge in Covid and we are deeply involved in the virus spreading in our community.”
“We have a genuine threat to the other people of Orkney, adding to those on remote islands, and we urge them to be careful.”
This is 81.5% of a total of 263,515 other people known as relatives.
The remaining 48,625 people (18.5%) known as close contacts, but were not contacted.
Weekly figures show that 74.2% of close contacts were reached in the week ending August 5, up from 72.4% last week, but below 90.7% in the first week of Test and Trace.
NEW CONTACT TRACKING TEST APP
Residents of the Isle of Wight, Newham, London and NHS volunteers in England will participate in a new contact search application test, said the Dement of Health and Social Affairs.
The app will come with alerts based on zip codes, site QR registration, a symptom checker and a form of eBook testing, the generation evolved through Google and Apple.
Testing will begin On Thursday on the Isle of Wight and with NHS volunteers in England, followed in time by the citizens of Newham as a component of the NHS National Testing and Monitoring Service.
Bus and coaches Company National Express saw its shares drop by up to 17% after recording earlier tax losses of 122.2 million pounds during the first six months of 2020.
The organization said the number of passengers had fallen by 80% of global blockades and 90% on the maximum affected parts of the company.
It temporarily suspended all UK buses from 5 April to 1 July in the face of coronavirus blockade, but continued to reduce operations in the West Midlands and Dundee.
The organisation revealed that passenger numbers continued to decline by 80% in its UK coaching business, which operates with around 15% of seats, while the number of consumers continues to decline by 47% in the Midlands and 53% in Dundee.
TOP 10 COVIDÉ HOTSPOTS REVEALED
Parts of Essex and Scotland slipped on the list this week, with other hot spot regions dominated in the north of England.
Experts knew six new hot spots and said we were still looking to succeed on the first wave of the virus.
Halton, Cheshire, crowned the list this week with 0.34% of locals who have experienced symptoms of 1,171 others on the app.
PRIMARY SCHOOL CLOSES AFTER INFECTION
A number one school has temporarily closed in Aberdeen after a case of Covid-19 connected to the institution.
Aberdeenshire City Council said several staff members at Peterhead Central Primary School are isolating the property after a case was shown on the school team.
Schoolchildren had not yet returned to school, which closed Wednesday because of weather problems.
A fitness board spokeswoman said: “We are investigating a detected case of Covid-19, connected to a number one school in Peterhead.
“Our Health Protection and Testing and Protection groups are trying to determine who the close contacts may be and advise them to isolate the following.”
A-E VISITS TO ENGLAND FELL 30% FROM LAST YEAR
Hospital attendance in England fell 30% last month until a year ago, according to NHS England figures.
In total, nearly 1.6 million participants were registered in July 2020, to approximately 2.3 million participants in July 2019.
NHS England, which published the figures, said the “significantly lower” attendance rate compared to last year “is probably the result of Covid-19’s response,” suggesting that other people still stay away from AE because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The year-on-year decline of 30% for July compares to 33% in June, 42% in May and 57% in April.
JULY PUB SALES IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR
Sales of British bar, restaurant and pub chains halved in July from last summer after they reopened for the first time after closing.
Sales in July fell by 50.4% year-on-year, according to the knowledge of the most recent monthly Coffer Peach Business Tracker of hotel companies.
Bars saw sales falling by 63.3% during the month, while sales of places to eat fell by 59.8%.
Stronger pubs, with a 44.7% drop in sales.
“The figures are a reflection of the fact that reopening of sites has been gradual, and not all by any means are back in business, plus those that are open are in general trading at well below normal levels,” said Karl Chessell, director of CGA, the business insight consultancy that produces the survey, with The Coffer Group and RSM.
”POULET SURGEL”
China said Thursday that a pattern of frozen bird wings imported to Shenzhen from Brazil had tested the virus.
AIRPORT CITY PAUSE TERMINAL EXTENSION
London City Airport has announced a “temporary pause” in its planned expansion of the terminal, as the return of the passenger call to pre-Covid-19 grades will “take longer than planned.”
General Manager Robert Sinclair said: “At this time, we have taken the decision to focus our attention on providing the important additional aerodrome infrastructure that will provide our current and potential air consumers with the ability to bring next-generation aircraft to this airport in a number, which will be a facet of how we build a larger and more sustainable airport.
HONG KONG STILL IN ‘CRITICAL PERIOD’
Hong Kong reported 69 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, 65 of which were transmitted locally, while the government warned that the global monetary medium still faces a critical era for the virus, which has noticed a resurgence since early July.
Since late January, more than 4,200 more people have become inflamed in Hong Kong, 65 of whom have died. Thursday’s figure rose from 62 on Wednesday.
PEREZ MAKES FORMULA ONE’S COMEBACK
Perez, the first formula one driving force to have coronavirus after testing positive on the eve of last month’s British Grand Prix.
“The FIA has shown that Czech can return to the F1 paddock and will compete for the team at this weekend’s Spanish GP.
TUI considers debt divestment
TUI, the world’s largest tourism group, plans to dispose of parts of the company to reduce the maximum debt levels it has incurred to help you tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The corporation said it compares characteristics to “achieve an optimal balance structure.”
When asked if the organization contemplates a rights and divestment issue, TUI executive leader Fritz Joussen said, “Yes, that’s what it is. That’s exactly what it is.
Speaking to reporters on an appeal Thursday, Joussen said any divestment would not be a forced or distressed sale.
NEARLY 6% OF ENGLAND WERE INFECTED, STUDY SUGGESTIONS
A total of 313,798 others tested positive for COVID-19 in Britain, adding 270,971 in England, or only 0.5% of the English population.
However, a study that evaluated more than 100,000 people in England to detect antibodies against coronavirus showed that nearly 6% of other people had antibodies, suggesting that 3.4 million other people already had COVID-19s by the end of June.
WETHERSPOON BOSS CALLS SCIENTISTS TO REVIEW PUB CLAIMS
Wetherspoon’s boss, Tim Martin, has asked a very sensible scientist to provide percentage evidence linking an Aberdeen coronavirus outbreak to bar customers.
He pointed to Aberdeen University’s professor of bacteriology Hugh Pennington, who said a recent outbreak in the Scottish city was linked to the transmission between drinkers, the Telegraph reports.
LEVY WITHDRAWS FROM CELTIC CLASSIC
Frenchman Alex Levy has been removed from this week’s Celtic Classic via the European Tour after coming into contact with a Covid-19 user.
The 30-year-old will play at Celtic Manor on Thursday, but after learning of a positive coronavirus control from a friend he had met at his home in France over the weekend, he informed the organizers who made the decision to remove him. Event.
Levy himself returned a negative check upon his arrival at the Siege site in Wales on Tuesday and has no symptoms, but now he will have to isolate himself for 14 days.
2.9% more academics go to college this year last year, the strangest day of all time.
Around 300,000 students who dropped out of school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland get grades calculated to advance to college or paint after this summer’s exams were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But despite the tragedy, one in four students are expected to get the highest grades.
RUSSIA: CASES ARE GROWING
Russia reported 5057 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its national level to 907758, the fourth number of cases in the world.
MORE DESTINATIONS COULD COPE WITH THE QUARANTINE LIST
A variety of getaway destinations, in addition to Malta, holland and Gibraltar, will now likely be added to a list of countries that require visitors to be quarantined for up to two weeks after their return to the UK.
While cases in France are on the rise, The Sun understands that it has yet to the point where officials feel the need to pull air bridges.
But ministers are still worried about insisting on quarantine measures until the end of the month.
France’s 14-day infection rate is 30.3 per 100,000, less than 37% of the 100,000 that saw Spain urgently remove from the list of countries last month.
A Whitehall source indicated that France had done “just enough” to stay off the list for now.
MESS EXAM
An 11-hour replacement for students who will get their A-level grades has resulted in a “triple lock”.
This means that academics must appeal, retake exams in the fall, or use their simulated grades, provided that simulated notes have been submitted under the right conditions for the test.
But Ofqual test managers have admitted that teens who don’t have to go to a college will have to wait until next week to find out how the appeal procedure works.
They said, “We are urgently running to make this operational as much as you can imagine and to find out the evidence criteria that will be required for the appeal.”
RISHI’S THREE RS
Rishi Sunak launched his own edition of the 3 R tonight urging the British to “combine and inflame” the nation.
The Chancellor had come to: TURN the economy BACK on, RETURN to paintings and reopen schools.
He said: “The figures verify that we are in an acute recession and that difficult times have come. But amid sadness, there are some flashes of growth.
“Now is the time for everyone to come together and revive the economy together.
“Whether it’s going back to school or running in the back, going to your place to eat or local pub to eat or visiting local outlets for retail therapy, if we all do our part, we can relaunch our economic strength together.”
The coronavirus outbreak in the UK appears to have “largely dispersed” from the outset, said one of the scientists who directed a report on the prevalence of the virus.
Helen Ward of Imperial College London told BBC Breakfast: “What was attractive (about the study) is that we can tell other people who have said that they have not only tested positive, but also asked them about their symptoms so that we can get the most out of other people (70% of other people who have reported symptoms) when they think they are infected.
“And it started in January, February and started all over the country, so you can’t say it started in London and spread.
“From the beginning, it dispersed widely.”
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