Superintendent Nathan Clark said that a "large number" of the people were elderly, adding: "This disruption will have caused great anxiety to those who have chosen to be vaccinated and then not been able to attend. All travellers to the US may be required to complete a seven-day quarantine even if they are vaccinated or have a negative test under proposals being considered by the White House.
Amid concerns over the omicron coronavirus variant, the Biden administration is reportedly preparing to require anyone entering the country to have proof of a negative test taken one day before their flight.
The current requirements allow air passengers to provide proof of a negative test taken within three days of their departure. The proposed rule change could have a significant impact on tourism to the US, given the uncertainty over receiving a negative test in time and the added price tag for rapid results. The negative test will be required by every traveller regardless of their vaccination status or country of departure. As part of the enhanced winter Covid strategy, expected to be announced on Thursday, all travellers may also have to get re-tested within three to five days of arriving in the US.
One of the most controversial proposals under consideration, according to the Washington Post, is a requirement for all travellers, including US citizens, to self-isolate for a week, even with a negative test. Those who breach the rules could face fines and penalties. All travellers reaching France from outside the European Union, including, the UK, will have to present a negative Covid test less than 48 hours old, the government announced on Wednesday. In addition, non-vaccinated travellers from within the EU will have to show a negative test less than 24 hours old, Henry Samuel reports from Paris.
The move is part of a bundle of measures aimed at tackling a new surge in infections as worries caused by the newly detected omicron variant loom. Talking to journalists after a government meeting, spokesman Gabriel Attal said that decisions regarding intra-EU-travel would be coordinated by European leaders later this week.
Mr Gabriel also announced that France would allow flights from 10 southern African countries starting Saturday, but with "drastic" restrictions permitting only French and EU residents to disembark, along with diplomats and flight crews.
These travellers must have a Covid test upon arrival, with a negative result still requiring a seven-day quarantine, while a positive test will prompt a day quarantine.
France is one of several countries worldwide that halted flights from southern Africa in recent days but the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that "blanket" travel bans risked doing more harm than good, by potentially dissuading countries from sharing data about the evolving virus.
Mr Attal said French authorities had discovered 13 suspected omicron cases so far that were under analysis for confirmation. That could mean 6, intensive care beds will be occupied by Christmas, the country's association for intensive care medicine said on Wednesday. Andreas Schuppert, a forecaster for the association, told a news conference he was "moderately optimistic" the peak in new cases would come in the next two weeks, but that would take time to feed through to hospitals. There is "nothing to suggest" children are worse affected by the omicron variant, Downing Street has said.
Following reports from Tshwane in South Africa that children under the age of two accounted for about 10 per cent of total hospital admissions with the variant, the Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "We have seen those reports, but we have seen nothing to suggest Hong Kong has banned non-residents from entering the city from four African countries and plans to expand that to travellers who have been to Australia, Canada, Israel and six European countries in the past 21 days due to fears over omicron.
Plans for vaccine passports to expire six months after the second jab threaten to throw Germany into chaos, as the incoming chancellor intends to treat everyone who fails to get a booster as unvaccinated, reports Justin Huggler from Berlin.
The new policy could plunge millions of people back into effective lockdown through no fault of their own. Many German regions bar the unvaccinated from much of life, including restaurants, pubs, gyms, cinemas and non-essential shops. German policy until now has been to advise people not to get a booster until six months after their second shot.
But Olaf Scholz, the incoming German chancellor, told regional leaders on Tuesday that he wants proof of vaccination to be invalid from that date. Mr Scholz has yet to indicate when his new policy will come into force, and many are hoping there will be some form of transition period.
If it were to come into force immediately it would send millions of Germans scrambling to get booster shots even as regions across the country complain they are already facing shortages. Masks are now required in enclosed public spaces, and individuals must show proof of vaccination, having recovered from Covid or a negative virus tests to enter restaurants, cinemas, gyms and hotels.
Nightclubs, hospitals, nursing homes and sports venues also must require negative virus tests from visitors and patrons, including vaccinated ones. The Government plans to keep schools open until the Christmas holidays, an education minister has said. When asked whether schools will be kept open until the Christmas break, Will Quince, the children's minister, told the Commons Education Committee: "That is certainly our plan and we want to see schools stay open.
The minister told MPs: "There are schools that are cancelling nativities. I find that deeply regrettable and Christmas concerts is one of the loveliest things. Robert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the Commons Education Committee, added : "I don't understand because it seems to be all the burden is being put on children.
They seem to be suffering the most in this without a doubt. The comments came after the NASUWT teaching union's national official for Northern Ireland called on schools to cancel mass gatherings over Christmas amid staff shortages caused by Covid, and even suggested a schools circuit breaker may be needed. What evidence exists to support the new guidance for children to wear masks in schools?
People aged 80 and over are accounting for fewer registered Covid deaths than those aged 60 to 79 for the first time since the summer, new analysis from the Office for National Statistics shows. A total of Overs had accounted for more than half But this age group has now been overtaken by people aged for the first time since the start of July. Israel has said that early research suggests two to three doses of a Covid vaccine are effective against the Omicron variant which has alarmed scientists worldwide.
Nitzan Horowitz, the health minister, said that there was "room for optimism" that current vaccines worked on Omicron based on "initial indications. The minister did nor elaborate on the data the Israeli government has seen. Separately, a report by the Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 said the Pfizer vaccine was understood to be 90 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic cases of Omicron. It was unclear where the findings by Channel 12 came from, and the Israeli government said it was not in possession of the data used in its report.
The report also claimed that Omicron is only 30 per cent more effective than Delta, which was lower than some experts had feared. Britons, even if vaccinated, could be asked to take a costly pre-departure PCR test before travelling to Europe, under EU recommendations to curb the spread of omicron.
Ursula von der Leyen has called on member states to conduct daily reviews of travel rules into the bloc, which could include new restrictions for non-EU countries. Von der Leyen also claimed it was right to open the debate on mandatory vaccination, saying it "needs to be discussed" inside the EU. The European Union needs daily reviews of its travel restrictions and rapid deployment of vaccine booster doses to limit entry and protect its citizens from the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
On the other hand, we are facing a new threat that is the new variant omicron. The EU executive said that its 27 EU members needed to step up vaccination campaigns, with 66 per cent of the total EU population now inoculated. Vaccines for children between five and 11 will be eligible to receive vaccines from December The Commission also urged EU members to commit to a day-by-day review of travel restrictions, with most having banned arrivals from South Africa.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the Prime Minister of "taking the public for fools" over claims he attended a Downing Street party during lockdown last year. Starmer also pointed to the Conservative benches to claim it is "one rule for them, another for everyone else" on face masks. The leaders also clashed on whether the Government's promise to build 40 new hospitals includes refurbishments rather than fresh new-builds. Read the full exchanges over on our Politics blog. There were 13 deaths of homeless people involving coronavirus in England and Wales last year, the Office for National Statistics has found.
It formed part of a total deaths of homeless people registered in the country last year, the first time the figure has fallen since but Charities said the overall fall and low number of deaths involving Covid was testament to Government action to shelter people during lockdown. Ministers must do the same this winter, they said. The figures include the deaths of people sleeping rough or using emergency or temporary accommodation at or around the time of death. The western Indian state of Maharashtra, home to the country's financial capital of Mumbai, has imposed a seven-day hotel quarantine on all arrivals from Europe, including the United Kingdom, Joe Wallen reports from India.
While India has not detected a case of the omicron variant yet its government is concerned of a repeat of the spring's devastating second wave, in which Indians died outside overwhelmed hospitals and in their homes. Several arrivals from South Africa have tested positive for Covid over the last week and the Indian authorities are waiting to see if the travellers had been infected with the omicron variant.
After completing the seven-day institutional quarantine, which includes three RT-PCR tests, arrivals from 'at risk' countries will then also have to complete a seven-day at-home quarantine. If someone tests positive during the 14 days they will be transferred to a hospital. Any arrival from a non 'at risk' country into Maharashtra will be subject to a 14 day home quarantine.
The World Health Organisation agreed on Wednesday to launch negotiations on an international pact to prevent and control future pandemics, as the omicron variant emerges. Such an agreement to beef up measures against pandemics is expected to be ready in May , covering issues from data sharing and genome sequencing of emerging viruses to equitable distribution of medicines. There are still differences of opinion about what a new accord could or should contain," he said, calling for continued cooperation.
The decision, entitled "The World Together", was adopted by consensus at a special assembly of the nations that are members of the UN health body. Doctors' workload will be "temporarily suspended" so they can focus on the Covid booster vaccination programme, the Health Secretary has said. Sajid Javid said the NHS was working on how "some of the workload of GPs can be temporarily suspended or GPs can be helped in other ways so they can concentrate on vaccine delivery".
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