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At London’s largest airport, Heathrow, arrivals from Corona high-risk countries and other arrivals will no longer meet. One terminal will be reserved for flights from countries on the British government’s so-called red list. These countries include India, among others. Only Britons or residents of the UK will be allowed to enter the UK from these countries – but first they will have to go into hotel quarantine for ten days at their own expense. Previously, there had been complaints that arrivals from the high-risk countries had stood for hours in queues at the airport before passport and test checks alongside arrivals from other countries.
Peru on Monday added more than 110,000 deaths to its official death toll, nearly tripling the number of fatalities. This makes it the country with the highest death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University. According to the report by a group of experts convened by the government, 180,764 people have died as of May 22, up 165 percent from the previous official figure of 68,053, placing Peru fifth in total deaths worldwide after the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
Russia resumes regular air service with eight countries despite the Corona pandemic. Connections with the United Kingdom will be allowed again from June 2, the government in Moscow announced Monday (May 31). Regular flights with Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg and Croatia, among others, will also resume from June 10. Already in April the traffic with Germany had been resumed. Before that, there had only been isolated special flights. The number of flights will be increased with nine countries in total, including Germany and Greece. Turkey, traditionally an important vacation destination for Russians, remains accessible only via detours because of the Corona situation.
The particularly infectious coronavirus variant B.1.617.2, which was first discovered in India, is now called Delta. The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to name the individual variants after the Greek alphabet, as it announced on Monday evening (31. 5.). This is to avoid associating countries or regions with certain virus variants and discriminating against people who live there or come from there. Under the new scheme, the virus variant B.1.1.7, which first appeared in the United Kingdom, is now called Alpha, the variant B.1.351, which was discovered in South Africa, is now called Beta, and the variant P.1, which was first detected in Brazil, is now called Gamma. These are the “Variants of Concern” currently listed by WHO. Other “variants of concern” have also been assigned letters from the Greek alphabet.
- hp with reports from news agencies and nzz.ch/picture: pixabay.com
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