Negative Covid-19 test needed for passengers from Britain and South Africa, Republic s government says From Saturday January 9, all passengers coming from Britain will be required to possess a negative PCR test acquired within 72 hours of travelling 06 January, 2021 17:20
The Irish Government has agreed to continue the ban on British travel until midnight on Friday January 8, Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said.
From Saturday January 9, all passengers coming from Britain and South Africa will be required to possess a negative PCR test acquired within 72 hours of travelling.
Mr Ryan said: They will have to present that negative test at the border management unit at an airport or at the ferry terminal.
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About another 13,000 people have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a quarter of them Americans.
The confirmed death toll is now 1.83 million, with more than 87 million confirmed infections - both counts generally understood to be underestimates.
Here s the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight.
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More people in the United States are now hospitalised with COVID-19 than at any time since the global pandemic began, according to a Reuters tally of public health data, and state and local officials face growing pressure to speed up vaccine distribution.
THE government has been urged to put a strategic plan in place to support the development of Shannon Airport and tourism attractions this year.
This issue was raised by Deputy Michael McNamara in the Dáil recently when he reminded An Taoiseach Micheál Martin that he highlighted the Shannon Group, Shannon Airport and their pivotal role for the economic well being of the Mid-West following his elevation six months ago.
Deputy McNamara asked what plan is in place to support aviation and tourism across the Mid-West in 2020.
“What is the plan for Shannon Heritage? The two sites that have opened are closing on January 3. It is planned to open the sites again in April, but Shannon Heritage remains in the Shannon Group with a commercial mandate and the sites ill fit a commercial mandate because while they generate money, they generate money more broadly in the economy than they do within the group itself.