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1615448184Heathrow hit laborious by pandemic
Heathrow’s passenger numbers had been down 92% year-on-year in February, with 461,000 folks travelling by the London airport.
This is the bottom month-to-month determine since 1966.
The airport stated the decline was as a result of ban on non-essential journey, quarantine guidelines and the requirement for pre-departure and post-arrival coronavirus testing.
Chief govt John Holland-Kaye stated: “Aviation has at all times led the UK economic system out of recession, and we are going to accomplish that once more.
“The PM’s Global Travel Taskforce can cleared the path on reopening worldwide journey and commerce safely – however ministers should get a grip of Border Force’s efficiency in order that guests get a heat welcome to Britain, not a six-hour queue.”
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The coronavirus pandemic: a yr on
It’s a yr to the day that the World Health Organisation declared coronavirus as a world pandemic.
Here, we check out the most important occasions which have occurred up to now three hundred and sixty five days.
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Welcome to our coronavirus stay weblog
Good morning, and welcome to our protection of the coronavirus stay weblog, each from the UK and around the globe.
Stick with us as we deliver you all the most recent information.
