About 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday. That surpasses the previous pandemic-era record of 2.46 million reached earlier in the week. At Boston’s Logan Airport, traffic for the week was up 127% over the same time in 2020. Holiday travel increases airport traffic to record pandemiclevels; since the epidemic started … Read more
PARIS, Dec 29, 2021 (AFP) – France said Wednesday that nightclubs would remain closed for a further three weeks, after nearly 180,000 new Covid cases smashed the record for daily cases since the pandemic began. The roughly 1,600 clubs were ordered shut on December 6 for four weeks as officials hoped to avoid a wave of … Read more
NEW YORK: More than 2,300 flights were cancelled around the world Friday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense officials assured US President Joe Biden. Read more: AstraZeneca … Read more
