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to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus around the globe passes 10 million. tougher lockdown restrictions could be reintroduced in the english city of leicester because of a spike in new coronavirus infections there. singing the rolling stones threaten president trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies. holiday companies say they've seen a surge in bookings to europe since the uk government announced blanket restrictions on non—essential overseas travel will be relaxed from 6thjuly. holidaymakers are expected to be allowed to travel to certain european countries without having to spend 1a days in quarantine when they return.
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emma couldhurst told me earlier which countries are expected to be exempt from the uk quarantine. it's been the busiest weekend for the travel industry. we've seen at travelsupermarket 50% more bookings this weekend and more than 100% more searches for holidays comparing comparing prices. but the reality is until wednesday, they've announced this traffic light system, so there will be green and amber countries that means that you do not have to quarantine on your return. what is not so clear is which countries might have quarantine in place when we get there. clearly, that stops the holiday completely. so i think from wednesday, we will see much more demand and surge because there will be more clarity about which countries, but i tell you what, it is really interesting, those countries that have said you can visit quarantine—free already, so the likes of spain and france has a
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tit—for—tat quarantine in place, at the moment, but that is due to lift once we lift ours. also, italy has also said, you can come here, quarantine—free, once you are allowed to come on holiday with us. we have seen more than 100% and up to 250% extra price comparison searches this weekend and also for barbados because it is those are low risk caribbean countries that are likely to be on that green list as well. but that involves quite a long flight, doesn't it? quite a long flight, which i think a lot of people will still be quite apprehensive about doing. are there good deals around for these holidays, in your opinion in particular? i've been looking in the last error. £84 £81; for a central barcelona hotel. there are deals in the likes of corfu in september, literally for seven nights £150 per person. £220 is around the starting mark for a
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family holiday in august to the likes of spain, croatia, etc, but it is across the broad, a—star or 5—star deals, a—star starting from around 300. these are record deals and people are picking up those deals. she was speaking to me a little earlier. more on the website. about that. as i said, we are expecting a traffic light system to be introduced in the next few days this week to actually determine which countries will have that bridge, that bubble with the uk, which won't require the 1a days quarantine. just before we get the bbc one bulletin in a few minutes' time, let's catch up on the latest, there is news because outbreaks at different stages around the world, we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people are to a new reality.
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in coronavirus: what next? hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic, i'm annita mcveigh. 0n today's programme, we have exclusive access inside a mumbai hospital's icu as the city struggles with coronavirus cases. plus how new restrictions on distance rules and the use of face masks is making the world almost impossible to navigate for many deaf and blind people in the uk. and a reminder that you can keep up—to—date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. but first, india has more than 400,000 cases of coronavirus, the fourth highest number in the world, and its financial capital, mumbai, is one of the worst affected cities, with nearly 70,000
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covid infections so far. temporary beds have been made available, but the city's hospitals are still overstretched. the bbc‘s reporters has been given exclusive access to the intensive care unit at the state run king edward memorial hospital the sounds of battle between life and death. the city of mumbai has nearly 20,000 coronavirus cases, some are being treated here at the king edward memorial hospital, known as kem. it is one of the city's largest state—run hospitals. we have been granted exclusive access to the intensive care unit. this doctor shows us around. she has worked here for ten years, but the last three months have
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