Coronavirus: each day update

here are five stuff you deserve to recognize about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday. we will have one more update for you the next day.

1. thousands to get temporary visas to handle provide disaster

transient UK visas will be issued to as much as 10,500 lorry drivers and poultry people, the govt has confirmed, because it tries to restrict disruption to provide chains within the run-as much as Christmas. It comes after a scarcity of lorry drivers ended in disrupted fuel deliveries and long queues at petrol stations. besides the fact that children, the British Chambers of Commerce mentioned the measures were reminiscent of "throwing a thimble of water on a bonfire". there is a shortage of round 90,000 drivers in the UK, says Logistics UK.

Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran are among a number of stars to operate at a 24-hour live performance to carry awareness of vaccine inequality, local weather alternate and famine. The international Citizen festival, which begun on Saturday, is that includes performances from greater than 60 artists in cities together with long island, London and Sydney. Non-governmental business enterprise global Citizen, which organised the experience, is urging foreign governments to carry a thousand million vaccines to the poorest nations. Measures to tackle climate trade and famine are additionally priorities. just a few days ago, research revealed that wealthy international locations are nevertheless keeping surpluses of vaccines. might 241 million doses go to waste?

Thousands of people filled The Great Lawn in New York's Central Park for a concert in the city

travellers arriving in the Republic of eire will not need to bear mandatory lodge quarantine. The nation's fitness minister made an announcement on Saturday saying it became to conclusion "immediately". All nations have now been faraway from the list of particular states. people arriving in ireland without proof of being vaccinated or a bad PCR examine will be informed to quarantine at domestic.

About 50 people were in mandatory hotel quarantine at the time of the announcement

A Conservative peer is aspiring to force a vote within the Commons on government plans to scrap the £20-a-week proper-as much as the familiar credit score improvement. The additional cash was brought at the start of the pandemic, however it is officially as a result of conclusion on 6 October. Baroness Stroud referred to it changed into a "tragedy" MPs had now not had a "meaningful vote" on the deliberate cut. study more in regards to the have an effect on the reduce will have on individuals on normal credit.

Baroness Stroud says "you can be doing all the right things... and still be really struggling in the UK"

a brand new survey has found that younger people are twice as likely as older americans to hope regularly - and the pandemic may be a reason why. Some 51% of 18 to 34-year-olds polled by Savanta ComRes referred to they pray at the least as soon as a month, compared with 24% of these aged fifty five and over. Chris Hopkins, associate director of Savanta, stated the numbers might reflect the flow to online worship during the pandemic. "it's possible that the pandemic opened up more avenues to prayer to younger americans, and here is mirrored in the findings," he referred to.

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