Restaurants across London are so short-staffed that they have had to curtail their hours and in some cases permanently close. The labor shortage is almost wholly a result of Brexit. “It’s worse than Covid, worse than energy costs,” one restaurateur said. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Dying of Covid, my 93-year-old artist father was given hours to live. Surely he couldn’t paint himself out of this one? | Nigel Featherstone theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Some U.S. supermarkets are reducing hours and cutting services as Covid-19’s Omicron variant infects cashiers, baggers and stockers, deepening grocery chains’ staffing challenges on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Beginning Tuesday, Britain imposed restrictions on travelers from Nigeria and will now require all travelers to take a coronavirus test within 48 hours of arrival — regardless of their vaccination status. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Guardian Australia Reads: Peter Doherty on Covid, Twitter and Dan Murphy’s opening hours theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
NSW government quietly announces two hours of Covid vaccine leave for public workers theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
‘It’s just too much’: frustrated Fairfield residents queue for hours for mandatory Covid tests in Sydney theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A deal to supply Palestinians with more than one million Israeli coronavirus vaccine doses collapsed Friday night, just hours after it was announced, amid a public disagreement between the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships about expiration dates. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Nurse administers one Covid vaccine in eight hours at Victorian hub as NSW ramps up rollout theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
India recorded more than 330,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, the second consecutive day that the country has set a global record for daily infections. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
A custom-fitted RV driving up winding dirt roads. Veterans administering vaccines to people who live hours apart. How mobile clinics are getting Covid-19 vaccines to the most-isolated Americans. on.wsj.com
@TheNewEuropean4 years ago
He visited the vaccine plant 24 hours after a confirmed coronavirus outbreak theneweuropean.co.uk
@WSJ2 years ago
Covid is still keeping millions out of work while reducing the productivity and hours of millions more on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
A Shanghai resident didn’t test positive for Covid-19 or experience any symptoms, but she was ordered to board a bus for a mass quarantine center. Nearly 16 hours later, she hadn’t eaten a bite, sipped any water or gone to the bathroom. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Many nurses are rethinking their careers, exhausted by long hours and staffing shortages and traumatized by the magnitude of death from Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
New Covid cases in South Africa double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads bbc.in
@guardian4 years ago
Covid, Twitter, and Dan Murphy’s opening hours: Peter Doherty on his not-so-restful retirement theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
England lifted nearly all legal Covid-19 restrictions after one of the longest lockdowns in the world. Only hours before “Freedom Day,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to isolate after the country’s health secretary tested positive for the virus. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Fairfield testing chaos: essential workers wait up to six hours after new Covid rules introduced theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Women working more hours in Covid crisis than first thought, study finds theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Woman travels 14 hours to reach Indian hospital willing to take her uncle, who is sick with Covid bbc.in
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Covid: Brazil has more than 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time bbc.in
@WSJ4 years ago
The online vaccine-booking system for Walgreens, a major provider of Covid-19 vaccines through the federal inoculation program, stopped working for several hours on Tuesday on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
A team from the World Health Organization spent several hours at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as part of its long-delayed trip to the city where the first Covid-19 infections were identified on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As dozens of Chinese cities on Tuesday issued heat alerts, with some temperature forecasts exceeding 104 degrees over the next 24 hours, health workers strapped packets of frozen treats to their white hazmat suits as they conducted outdoor Covid tests. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
China battles worst Covid outbreak for two years as cases double in 24 hours theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Queensland Covid update: people queuing for seven hours as private testing site closures cause chaos theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Covid test returns Czech president to hospital hours after discharge theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Covid, Twitter, and Dan Murphy’s opening hours: Peter Doherty on his not-so-restful retirement theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Boris Johnson’s office said the U.K. prime minister will remain in isolation for the next 10 days after his health minister tested positive for the coronavirus, just hours before a plan to drop almost all Covid-19 restrictions in England comes into effect on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Coming by taxi and by car, many from hours away, many diamond hunters dreamed of a turn of luck in a nation whose persistent struggles with joblessness have reached new heights amid the coronavirus pandemic. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Pupils to be offered 100m hours of tuition in Covid catch-up plan theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Woman travels 14 hours to reach Indian hospital willing to take her uncle, who is sick with Covid bbc.in
@WSJ4 years ago
After coming down with a mild case of Covid-19, W. Kent Taylor found himself tormented by tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, telling one friend he hadn’t been able to sleep more than two hours a night for months on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Senate Democrats struck a deal to extend $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits through Sept. 6 following hours of negotiations with Sen. Manchin, clearing the way for the expected passage of the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 aid bill on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
California authorities are investigating the case of a person who died several hours after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Authorities said the person had tested positive for the virus in December, and asked for patience as they work to “get more clarity.” on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As dozens of Chinese cities on Tuesday issued heat alerts, with some temperature forecasts exceeding 104 degrees over the next 24 hours, health workers strapped packets of frozen treats to their white hazmat suits as they conducted outdoor Covid tests. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Many nurses are rethinking their careers, exhausted by long hours and staffing shortages and traumatized by the magnitude of death from Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Covid testing sites reduce hours over Australia’s Christmas period despite ‘unprecedented demand’ theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Scottish Greens co-leader tests positive for Covid hours before Cop26 theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Frustration in Canberra as some queue for more than six hours for Covid testing before being turned away theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and his finance chief, Rishi Sunak, will go into self-isolation, only hours after Downing Street said that they would avoid a quarantine, following contact with a colleague who tested positive for the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
America’s rapid mobilization to vaccinate against Covid-19 is entering a new phase. For the U.S. public, there will be fewer vaccine locations to choose from as government-run sites shut down and pharmacies are scaling back hours and space for shots. on.wsj.com
At a cremation site in Ahmedabad, India, the fires burn 24 hours a day. Suresh Bhai, who works there, said he had never seen anything like it. But he does not record these as Covid-19 deaths. “Sickness, sickness, sickness,” he said. “That’s what we write.” nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
In a combative House hearing lasting more than five hours, the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet were accused of running social media platforms that sow political discord, spread Covid-19 misinformation and create a dangerous environment for children on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Home workers putting in more hours since Covid, research shows theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Dollar General is offering employees a deal: Go get a Covid-19 vaccine and receive four hours of pay on.wsj.com