UK, Europe News Brief (Jan. 29): UK Launches Visa Offer for Hong Kong Citizens

Neil Woodrow
By Neil Woodrow
January 30, 2021NTD Evening News
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Up to 3 million Hong Kongers will have a chance to settle in the UK from this coming Sunday, Jan. 31. The UK says it won’t look the other way amid a row with China.

The European Union’s medicines regulator approves the AstraZeneca and Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine for people over 18 years old. It’s the third vaccine to get the green light from the EU.

A doctor in the south of France is calling for more supplies of the right syringes and needles for the COVID-19 vaccine. He says it will allow them to vaccinate 20 percent more people.

A father, suffering from an Alzheimer’s-like illness is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. But his daughter won’t sign the consent form saying she doesn’t want her father to be a guinea pig.

The UK bans direct passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates, shutting down the world’s busiest international airline route from Dubai to London.

Flying cars and a small airport for air taxis. That’s what you will find in a central English city later this year.

Mountain biker Danny MacAskill is used to traveling the world to find new sources of adrenaline rushes. But the pandemic has allowed him to discover thrills much closer to home.

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