Rapid, twice-weekly COVID tests to be offered to everyone in England - including home delivery
It is aimed at people without symptoms, because one in three people with
coronavirus don t have them and may be spreading the virus unwittingly.
The government says the offer is currently for England only and the devolved administrations in
Scotland,
Northern Ireland will make their own decisions.
A major marketing campaign encouraging people to take up the offer of twice-weekly lateral flow tests will also start in England this Friday.
Tests will be available through:
• A home ordering service, which allows people to order lateral flow tests online to be delivered to their home
The article investigates the ongoing tussle between the central government and the Government of Kerala regarding the leasing of the Thiruvananthapuram airport to the private sector. It traces the genesis of the problem and the rationale of the state government demand for a role in the management of the airport.
Despite the central government’s auctioning away of the country’s major airports and Adani Enterprises cornering most of them, Kerala has refused to roll out the red carpet for the corporate giant that secured the lease for the Thiruvananthapuram airport. More than that, as Adani Enterprises is heading towards taking control of the Thiruvananthapuram airport along with five other airports in the country (Mangaluru, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Guwahati), the Government of Kerala (GoK), in alliance with the opposition political parties, has challenged the claims made by the supporters of privatisation and the central government on the grounds of violation of socia
8,000 Tourists Allowed Into UK Every Day Despite Brits Being Banned From Travel
by : Emily Brown on : 05 Apr 2021 11:42
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Controversial coronavirus guidelines mean that thousands of foreign tourists are allowed to travel into the UK each day despite the fact Brits are banned from leaving the country.
As we ease our way out of our ongoing third national lockdown, government guidelines state that it is currently ‘illegal to travel abroad for holidays’.
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The government website explains that ‘no travel is risk-free’, and that ‘if you are in the UK you should not travel abroad unless you have a permitted reason to do so’, with ‘reasonable excuses’ including the need to travel for work.