Dec 20, 2020
A worker wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, wipes his shop window behind a poster emphasizing an enhanced social distancing campaign at a popular market in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. The Arabic reads, leave one meter distance. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Here are summaries of the latest Associated Press stories worldwide about the coronavirus pandemic, including: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights; FedEx says holiday shipping won’t slow vaccine; New York governor wants seeks ban of flights from Great Britain; U.S. Government says nearly 8 million vaccine doses will be shipped Monday; Biden surgeon general pick says it may be mid-summer or early fall before vaccines reach general population;
Waiting in line: People standing in lines to get Covid-19 tests in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. AFP
BANGKOK reported over 500 cases of Covid-19 among migrant workers at the centre of its seafood industry, by far the biggest one-day rise in a country that previously brought the epidemic largely under control.
The outbreak appeared in Samut Sakhon province, south-west of Bangkok, where four infections were reported at a shrimp market on Friday.
The first confirmed case was a 67-year-old woman who was a vendor at the market.
Thailand’s Disease Control Department director-general Opas Karnkawinpong told a news conference that 516 new cases were found after testing that included 1,192 migrant workers.
Police officers at St Pancras, with more being deployed to enforce travel rules at London s stations, after Britian s Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced Tier 4 restrictions for London and the south east of the country, in London, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Millions of people in England have learned they must cancel their Christmas get-togethers and holiday shopping trips. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that holiday gatherings can’t go ahead and non-essential shops must close in London and much of southern England. Johnson imposed a new, higher level of coronavirus restrictions to curb sharply spreading infections in the capital and other areas. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
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December 20, 2020
The high-speed train operator said Sunday that trains continue to operate on the London to Paris route.
The Belgian government has said it will review the position in 24 hours. Eurostar said they’re awaiting further details from relevant governments on how travel restrictions will be enforced.
European countries including the Netherlands, Austria and Italy said Sunday they would halt flights from the U.K., hours after Britain’s government imposed tough new coronavirus restrictions on large areas of southern England to curb what officials described as a fast-moving new strain of the virus. Asia Today: Outbreak grows in Sydney’s beach suburbs; Thais line up for tests.