United Airlines plans to start hiring again in May because the increase in vaccine distribution translates into an increase in the number of passengers at American airports. Bryan Quigley, senior vice president of flight operations at the Chicago airline, said United will add pilots to the payroll who were previously scheduled to start in 2020, or who had a conditional job offer, but whose prospects have changed. been derailed by the pandemic.
Washington nationals have postponed their season opener against the New York Mets after several team and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. The Nats, who were due to host the Mets on Thursday night, said the game was “postponed due to ongoing contact tracing involving members of the Nationals organization.”
Coronavirus infections have dropped across much of the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics weekly survey, although the trend varied across the four countries. In England, an estimated 148,100 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the week ended March 27, or about one in 370 people, compared to one in 340 the previous week.
Turkish exports increased last month by more than 42 percent a year earlier, which helped reduce the trade deficit, as the global economic recovery boosted demand. Exports reached $ 19 billion in March, while imports grew more slowly by 26 percent to 23.7 billion pounds. This resulted in a trade deficit of $ 4.7 billion, the ministry said on Thursday.
Thousands of guests will be allowed to attend This year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, which is expected to take place in May even as Europe grapples with a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers are looking to attract up to 3,500 people, who must show the door a negative result of a recent Covid-19 test, at this year’s show.
CVS said he had has issued more than 10 million coronavirus vaccines and expected the pace to pick up quickly after U.S. health officials signed the pharmacy group into the nationwide deployment effort. The New York-listed company said Thursday it offered appointments at nearly 2,000 stores and had “significant capacity to expand” as the supply became available.
A clinical trial conducted by vaccine partners Pfizer and BioNTech suggests their injection of Covid-19 could be effective against the most contagious B.1.351 mutation, which was initially detected in South Africa. The trial, which followed 12,000 people for six months after vaccination or a placebo, also showed that inoculation remained effective during this period in 91% of cases.