The travel show is in turkey, trying out some unusual alternative therapies. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public from variants of covid 19. Air corridors are being closed on monday, meaning visitors to the uk will have to quarantine. There have been fresh calls from the travel sector for suport to help the industry survive. Heres our business correspondent, katy austin. Last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. Travel corridors mean people coming into the uk from a certain list of countries dont have to quarantine upon arrival. Right now, though, were being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. To protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily close all travel corridors from 0a 00 hrs on monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have to quarantine for ten days, or pay for a covid test o
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns has begun in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi has said such an ambitious project has never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began india has confirmed over 10 million cases thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of 1. 3 billion, sanitation worker manish kumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. I everyone should get the vaccine because this is how we save our country. The countrys Prime Minister used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Staff take priority in this initial roll out. At another hospital
Absolutely great and absolutely fine. Veryjoyous. Very ecstatic. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public from variants of covid 19. Air corridors are being closed on monday meaning visitors to the uk will have to quarantine. Theyve been fresh calls from the travel sector for suport to help the industry survive. Heres our Business Correspondent, katy austin. Last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. Travel corridors mean people coming to the uk from a certain list of countries dont have to quarantine upon arrival. Right now, though, we are being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. To protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily c
Hello and welcome to the programme. All 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of president electjoe biden s inauguration on wednesday. National guard troops have been deployed to washington dc, in case of a repeat of the deadly riot on the sixth of january. Much of the city in a state of lockdown. But heavy security is notjust confined to washington. Police was out in force around public buildings in state capitals around the country, with security outnumbering trump supporter sin several places. This is st paul in minnesota, where a small group of some 50 protestors gathered on saturday. The mayor of washington dc, muriel bowser, says shes glad the military has pledged its support for a smooth transition of power next week. Its a place in our history that im sad that weve come to. American troops, should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. But what we saw was an unprecedented attack on our democracy, in the cradle of that democrac
Hello, welcome to the programme. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns is underway in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi said such an ambitious project had never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began, india has confirmed over 10 million cases thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of well over a billion people, 34 year old hospital cleaner manish kumar became the first to receive a Coronavirus Vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. Everyone should get the vaccine, as this is how we save oui country. The countrys Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Workers take priority in the initial roll out. At this hospital