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The government is insistent that the decision was made in the interests of public health with there being a widespread of the beta variant in france. france is a popular destination for brits. the proximity, better weather and golden beaches are all part of its allure, making it the second most visited country pre—pandemic from people in the uk. in fact 500,000 brits were due to travel through the country this weekend, but for many these changes will mean a trip across the channel remains unce...

Fully vaccinate arrivals from amber list countries like france would give people more confidence when booking trips. that confidence now for many has been shattered. everything we do is about mitigated risk when we are taking travellers to different destinations. however the road map has been in place, restrictions are easing as of monday, we are seeing the rest of the globe, us and europe travelling freely, we have a very successful deployment of the vaccine and we still cannot unlock internati...

Indiscriminate in who it targets. fergus walsh, bbc news. the government has announced that, from monday, travellers arriving to england from france will still have to quarantine for ten days at home, even if theyre fully vaccinated. thats despite plans to change the quarantine rules for other amber list countries. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, is in westminster. whats prompted this? its concerning government about the beta variant of coronavirus, also known as the south african v...

Vaccinated people? how concerned should we be about these breakthrough cases? >> if youre a fully vaccinated individual theyre holding up against the delta variant and the beta variant and theyre essential from protecting you from severe disease, hospitalization and death. what you are seeing is what they said, now in the united states we see measles cases only in the unvaccinated and this is something that will be a problem for the unvaccinated and the vaccinated will be able to go about their ...

Yesterday it reintroduced its own mask mandate for indoor public spaces after only month — amid a significant rise in delta variant cases. staying in the united states, the cdc has warned of high infection rates and sharp increases in cases in states with low vaccination levels. florida itself — now accounts for a quarter of new infections in the whole of the us. back in the uk, the government is reversing its recently announced relaxation of rules towards people travelling back from france....

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They are concerned in westminster about the beta variant, formerly known as the south african variant, which is spreading and far more prominent in france than it is here in the uk. latest data shows nearly 11% of cases in france are now of the beta variant. 0ther other that is dropping and has dropped from around 13%. the better news from france is that after a sluggish start, their vaccine roll—out has been turbo—charged. president macron told the nation monday that anyone going to a resta...

That tackles the delta variant specifically. doesnt that mean we would be protected against other variants or -- >> it does. so you have to remember the virus will continue to generate new variants. many wont be significant. some will be significant and thats the fact that the virus is replicating in more people. all of the vaccines seem to do well against these variants because its very hard for a variant to completely erase the whole benefit that a vaccine gives you. its not just antibodies, i...

To the delta variant. while it has been isolated in 16 countries, its certainly more widespread than that, and we know that the delta variant is 30%—60% more transmissible than the prior variant, the beta variant, that was in south africa. so we know we have a tremendously transmissible virus on the continent right now and that combined with fatigue from social isolation and lockdowns, is really combined to be a potent and deadly mix. and of course, very much key to all of this or key to the w...