Tag: airport
Singapore: Changi Airport coronavirus cluster – 18 patients with 61% vaccine breakthrough rate
Eleven out of 18 positive patients were vaccinated, at least 6 are infected with the B.1.617 variant.… ...More...
New Zealand: fully vaccinated airport worker tests positive for coronavirus
The Auckland Airport worker who has tested positive for Covid-19 cleans planes from high risk Covid-19 ‘red-zone countries’, and had been fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.… ...More...
London: coronavirus hotspots around Heathrow, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Whitehall
The few remaining coronavirus hotspots in London seem to be concentrated around Heathow airport and in the central London area around Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly and The Strand.… ...More...
Large national outbreak of COVID-19 linked to air travel in Ireland, summer 2020
Fifty-nine laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from six Irish health regions were linked to an international flight into Ireland in summer 2020
An outbreak case was defined as positive PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (naso-pharyngeal swab) in either a passenger or a contact of a passenger.… ...More...
Britain finally closes its borders to coronavirus – 1 year too late
“UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative Covid tests to enter
All foreign arrivals will also have to quarantine in toughening of measures in response to new strains
The UK is to close all access to the country for overseas travellers without proof of a recent negative coronavirus test and 10 days of quarantine, shutting all travel corridors, Boris Johnson has announced.… ...More...