It’s going to be a very celebratory one,” she said. “I think there’s a different kind of spirit this Christmas. “What makes this Christmas very different from last Christmas is the fact that there’s joy in the air,” Ms Osmond told the Nine Network on Tuesday. On Monday NSW began welcoming Australians home without quarantine and fully-vaccinated people are now free to travel anywhere in the state, triggering the revival of of the hard-hit regional tourism and hospitality sectors. Tourism & Transport Forum CEO Margy Osmond told the Australian Associated Press that the industry has been losing close to $4 billion a month with virtually no international visitors for almost two years. In Australia the state of New South Wales (NSW) is looking to take advantage of lifted travel restrictions in the run up to Christmas as the tourism and hospitality sectors seek to make up for losses endured during months of COVID-19 lockdown.
The US government has begun assembling and shipping millions of Covid-19 vaccines in preparation for getting the go-ahead to jab children aged five to 11. In Greece, officials alarmed by the steep rise in Covid-19 infections are poised to implement a new round of restrictive measures for those who remain unvaccinated.Īs Australia begins to reopen its international borders for fully vaccinated citizens, politicians are debating about the ongoing restrictions on internal travel. Of the 377 local areas in the UK, 64 have seen a week-on-week rise in rates while the majority – 313 – have seen a fall. In the United States, as deadlines for jabs approach, military leaders are wrestling with the decision of how to treat soldiers who choose not to be vaccinated.Ī total of 49,987,325 first doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been delivered in the UK by 31 October, a rise of 27,402 on the previous day, government figures show.
In Australia the state of New South Wales is looking to take advantage of lifted travel restrictions in the run-up to Christmas as the tourism and hospitality sectors seek to make up for losses endured during months of Covid-19 lockdown.Ĭambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, declared the country open and ready for a new way of life after hitting vaccination targets that made it one of the most vaccinated countries in south Asia. In Tennessee in the United States the state’s general assembly has passed laws that will make it harder for bodies like schools to bring in measures to restrict the spread of Covid – including masks for children. The United States is rolling out Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 this week, but most of the 15 million shots being shipped initially are unlikely to be available before next week I’m handing over to my colleague Samantha Lock now, here’s a summary of the evenings news.
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