We have watched the UK green list get wittled down as the week has gone on but surely we must be in the position now where Israel is not going to be someone’s destination of choice for their summer holiday, at least not at the moment.

Whether the two sides will calm down and reduce or cease their enmity remains to be seen but all this violence and hatred cannot make for a happy venue for a summer holiday and who knows if you are going to get caught up in the cross fire – literally.

One bright spot in this whole matter is that Portugal has now agreed that Britons may enter the country from Monday, This will be a relief to the people who had made bookings and did not know whether they would be able to follow them through or not. But even that could change at a moment’s notice, so frail are the arrangements world over. But it looks like you can go on to those super Portuguese beaches after all.

And do you remember how it was originally thought that there was no place for a covid passport? Well that is virtually de rigueur in every situation now, certainly going abroad and in many respects at home too which means that the continuing vaccination policy must continue at speed. In fact the weekly trend for the UK shows that new cases are up over the past seven days by 12%. Watch this space as it seems set for this number to rise significantly over the next few weeks as the Indian variant is gradually gaining more ground.

Adrian Leopard 14-05-21

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