Coronavirus: every day update

here are 5 stuff you deserve to be aware of concerning the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday. we will have another replace for you tomorrow.

1. heaps to get transient visas to address supply crisis

transient UK visas should be issued to as much as 10,500 lorry drivers and chook worker's, the government has proven, because it tries to restrict disruption to supply chains within the run-up to Christmas. It comes after a shortage of lorry drivers led to disrupted gasoline deliveries and lengthy queues at petrol stations. despite the fact, the British Chambers of Commerce noted the measures were corresponding to "throwing a thimble of water on a bonfire". there is a scarcity of round 90,000 drivers within the UK, says Logistics UK.

Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran are amongst a bunch of stars to function at a 24-hour concert to elevate consciousness of vaccine inequality, local weather trade and famine. The international Citizen competition, which begun on Saturday, is featuring performances from greater than 60 artists in cities together with manhattan, London and Sydney. Non-governmental business enterprise international Citizen, which organised the experience, is urging international governments to convey 1000000000 vaccines to the poorest countries. Measures to address climate alternate and famine are also priorities. a few days in the past, analysis revealed that rich nations are nevertheless retaining surpluses of vaccines. could 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

guests arriving in the Republic of eire will now not ought to endure mandatory lodge quarantine. The country's fitness minister made an announcement on Saturday saying it turned into to conclusion "automatically". All international locations have now been faraway from the list of specific states. people arriving in eire without proof of being vaccinated or a bad PCR examine will learn to quarantine at home.

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

A Conservative peer is aspiring to drive a vote in the Commons on govt plans to scrap the £20-a-week top-up to the usual credit improvement. The additional cash was brought at the start of the pandemic, but it is formally due to conclusion on 6 October. Baroness Stroud referred to it turned into a "tragedy" MPs had now not had a "significant vote" on the planned cut. examine more concerning the influence the cut may have on individuals on generic credit.

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

a new survey has discovered that younger people are twice as seemingly as older individuals to wish consistently - and the pandemic might possibly be a explanation why. Some fifty one% of 18 to 34-yr-olds polled with the aid of Savanta ComRes stated they pray at least as soon as a month, compared with 24% of those aged fifty five and over. Chris Hopkins, associate director of Savanta, spoke of the numbers might replicate the circulation to online worship all through the pandemic. "it's viable that the pandemic unfolded more avenues to prayer to young people, and here is mirrored within the findings," he spoke of.

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