Covid 19

Chris Stapleton surfaced at Universal Studios Hollywood this Thursday, over a week after he announced he was postponing some shows because he had COVID-19 .

The delayed concerts in Salt Lake City and Denver were supposed to take place last weekend, but will now occur this Friday through Sunday.

Before his next run of gigs, Chris, 44, was spotted cutting a casual figure as he soaked up the sun at the theme park with a camera slung across his front.

The country star announced the show postponements last Tuesday, June 21, announcing that the concerts had been pushed back a week.

‘To all my friends in Salt Lake City and Denver, I am very sorry to let you all know that I have tested positive for Covid and will be unable to perform this weekend’s shows,’ he wrote in a message he posted to his Instagram page.

He was initially supposed to perform that Friday night at the USANA Amphitheatre in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.

That show was to be followed by concert dates that Saturday and Sunday at the Ball Arena on Speer Boulevard in downtown Denver.

‘The shows will be rescheduled to the following weekend, July 1-3, and we hope you can join us then,’ Chris wrote in his Instagram announcement last Tuesday.

Chris, whose songs include Tennessee Whiskey and You Should Probably Leave, added: ‘Please contact your point of purchase if you cannot.’

The Kentucky-born crooner continued: ‘I wanted to sincerely thank everyone who has waited so long for these shows.’

He concluded his heartfelt message: ‘We are incredibly grateful for your patience, love and support, and can’t wait to see you next week.’

At present his show at the USANA Amphitheatre is scheduled for Friday, July 1, and the Denver shows will then take place that Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3.

Chris has a whirlwind July ahead of him, with dates in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Indiana and Arkansas.

He released his latest studio album Starting Over in November 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and won the best country album Grammy for it.

O grupo TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) confirmou o encerramento das operações de Manutenção e Engenharia Brasil (TAP ME), no âmbito do plano de reestruturação aprovado pelo governo com a Comissão Europeia em dezembro.

A decisão foi confirmada à Lusa pela presidente executiva da companhia aérea portuguesa, Christine Ourmières-Widener.

“Depois de uma análise aprofundada e muitos estudos, a TAP decidiu fechar a Manutenção & Engenharia no Brasil e encerrar de forma gradual a operação no Brasil”, afirmou a gestora francesa, anunciando que o passo seguinte é “discutir” o processo “com os trabalhadores, claro, que são a principal prioridade, mas também discutir com os clientes”.

De acordo com um comunicado da TAP, a medida “não interfere na operação de transporte aéreo de passageiros da companhia no país, seu principal mercado exterior”, lembrando que “o Brasil representa entre 25% e 30% da receita” do grupo TAP.

A companhia portuguesa é, entretanto, uma das transportadoras aéreas “vítimas” da Covid-19 neste arranque de 2022, com dezenas de voos cancelados devido à falta de pessoal, infetado ou colocado em isolamento profilático devido ao SARS-CoV-2.

Covid-19 cancela voos

A finlandesa Finnair é a mais recente vítima devido à propagação da variante Ómicron entre o pessoal de bordo, e em plena época gripal.

A falta de recursos humanos levou a companhia a anunciar a redução em 20% da oferta de voos previstos para o mês de fevereiro, sendo a maioria em rotas com várias ligações diárias, o que permite à Finnair oferecer alternativas no mesmo dia a quase todos os passageiros afetados.

Os cancelamentos da transportadora finlandesa vão “infetar” também o longo curso e a estreia da ligação a Dallas foi já adiada de fevereiro para o final de março, assim como a estreia dos voos para Nagoya, no Japão, foram atrasados para o verão.

O grupo Lufthansa, um dos maiores da Europa, confirmou há uma semana ter efetuado cerca de 18 mil voos vazios só para manter os “slots”, isto é, o espaço reservado para aterragens e partidas nos grandes aeroportos.

Já para este mês de janeiro e para fevereiro, a Lufthansa anunciou também a redução da oferta de inverno em 10% devido à quebra das reservas, o que afetou pelo menos 33 mil voos.

A companhia irlandesa de baixo custo, a Ryanair, anunciou o corte de 33% dos voos programados para janeiro, o que lhe custou uma quebra de 10 milhões de bilhetes vendidos, mas devido à falta de passageiros.

A Ryanair justifica a quebra com a pandemia e, sobretudo, com as consequentes restrições de viagens na Europa, em particular com “a proibição de chegadas do Reino Unido a França e à Alemanha”, em plena época de férias na neve dos Alpes, “e com a suspensão de todos os voos da União Europeia de e para Marrocos”, onde a Irlandesa também tem vindo a operar com êxito.

HANOI, July 3 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered faster administration of the third and fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccine as part of measures against the unpredictable pandemic situation, especially when the sub-variant BA.5 has appeared in Vietnam and raised the risk of a new wave of coronavirus infections.

According to the Government Office, to enhance pandemic control and create favourable conditions for socio-economic recovery and development, the Government leader has assigned Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam to continue directing the Ministry of Health, other ministries and sectors, and 63 provincial-level localities to drastically carry out anti-pandemic measures, especially accelerating Covid-19 vaccination.

He asked the Health Ministry and the chairpersons of the provincial-level People’s Committees to speed up the inoculation, particularly administering the third and fourth doses to people aged 12 and above, and the two primary doses to children aged 5 – 11 in a safe, scientific and effective manner.

He also requested sufficient and timely provision of medicine and medical supplies for the Covid-19 combat, as well as health examination and treatment.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Communications was ordered to work with the Health Ministry and media agencies to boost communications to raise public awareness of the unpredictable pandemic situation and the Omicron sub-variant BA.5 so that people will support Covid-19 vaccination and continue practicing anti-pandemic measures. – Vietnam News/ANN

Chulabhorn Royal Academy posted on Facebook that His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn has donated more than 2.8 billion baht of his personal money in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The King had made donations to institutes and hospitals involved in the treating and care of people infected by the Covid-19 virus.

In the post to Facebook yesterday, the academy stated that 2.4 billion baht has been allotted to 27 clinics, hospitals, and medical colleges throughout the country in order to purchase supplies and much-needed medical equipment. In addition to that sum, another 100 million baht has been donated by the King for the Navamindrapobitr 84th Anniversary Building, part of Siriraj Hospital .

Covid-19 outbreaks spread like wildfires through Thailand’s severely overcrowded prison systems, and another round of royal donations were earmarked specifically for hospitals within prisons as they dealt with huge numbers of infected inmates. In total, the King donated 345 million baht to prison hospitals, spreading the money between 44 separate facilities.

The Facebook post was made by Chulabhorn Royal Academy ahead of his upcoming birthday next week on July 28. The statement expressed gratitude to His Majesty the King for his caring and concern, and generosity to help the people of Thailand. They thanked him for protecting the wellbeing of those afflicted by the Covid-19 virus, and for looking out for medical personnel, doctors, frontline workers and others working hard to battle the pandemic.

SOURCE: The Nation Thailand