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The Covid-19 vaccine rollout in England is estimated to have directly averted more than 66,900 hospital admissions, according to new figures from Public Health England.
Previous estimates had put the figure at more than 52,600 admissions, PA news reports.
British holidaymakers in Mexico have told of their dismay after the country was abruptly put on the government’s red list of travel destinations.
The changes, which were announced on Wednesday night and will come into force at 4am on Sunday, mean that holidaymakers coming from Mexico and other red list countries and territories – including Georgia and the French departments of Réunion and Mayotte – will either have to cut their holidays short to beat the restrictions or pay thousands of pounds to stay in a quarantine hotel when they return to England.
Basically we touched down to find that our two-week honeymoon, which had already been rearranged several times, was going to be a two-day visit.
We’ve arranged a flight for tomorrow and will be spending today getting ready to turn right around and go home.
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