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4:59 PM February 26, 2021
Russell Evans of Bullards (inset) on why more testing is needed in the hospitality supply chain
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A gin distiller has called for the hospitality staff to be given access to more regular testing options to provide the sector with a safety net as it reopens.
With the date for pubs reopening pencilled in, every piece of data counts, according to Russell Evans, chief executive of Norwich s Bullards Gin.
He currently has staff working flexibly out of his distillery in the city s Crystal House, but said: I d be very keen on getting our staff tested as regularly as possible both here and at the pubs which we own but do not run ourselves.
More Movement towards Digital COVID Vaccination Records Tuesday, February 9, 2021
A key tech initiative as COVID-19 vaccinations begin rolling out are digital health passports. One example is being developed by a group of large tech companies along with the Mayo Clinic as part of the Vaccination Credential Initiative. The Initiative’s digital vaccination record will likely be a smartphone app. The Initiative is leveraging the CommonPass app, which is already being used by airlines to allow passengers to show a negative COVID-19 test result, which is a requirement to board certain flights.
A goal of digital health passports is to establish universal standards to verify whether a person has had a vaccination. Such digital health passports will become important as governments and major airlines require proof of either negative COVID testing, or eventually of vaccinations. For example, effective January 26, 2021, all air passengers arriving to the U.S. from a foreign cou
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DNA Special: What are the biggest lessons of the year 2020?
It is said that time teaches us a lot and we too can learn a lot from the bad time that prevailed in 2020 across the world due to the pandemic.
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Updated: Dec 31, 2020, 11:33 AM IST
There is no teacher more significant than time. In our society, time is weighed on the scales of good and bad. When a person achieves success, we say that he is going through a good time. If something ill happens to someone, it is said that their time is not good. You must have also heard people saying that their time will come. That is to say, that time can be seen from any needle of the clock and it can be called good and bad. But there is no teacher better than time and today we want to tell you about this.
by Charlie Spargo
2020 has been an unforgettable year, for mostly the wrong reasons.
But it s been another busy year at Prolific North as we have continued to document the highs and lows - and the in-betweens - as our community has done what it can to navigate unprecedentally troubled waters.
As has become tradition at the end of the year, we ve taken a look back at some of the stories that most grabbed your attention.
10. VST Enterprises signs deal to supply 50m digital health passports
As conversations continued in earnest about how to keep the most people safe around the world from the pandemic, there was also a lot of talk about safely returning to some semblance of normality. In May, Manchester s VST Enterprises struck a deal to help supply 50 million COVI-PASS Digital Health Passports to more than 15 countries.