Hospitality and tourism management

British royal Prince Philip is "responding to treatment" for an undisclosed infection not related to COVID-19 while being hospitalized, NBC News reports . "He is comfortable and responding to treatment but is not expected to leave hospital for several days," Buckingham Palace said in a statement to the news outlet. The 99-year-old monarch was admitted to London's King Edward VII's Hospital as a "precautionary measure" based on advice from his doctor on Feb. 16. ADVERTISEMENT "He's a lot better," Prince Edward, Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, told Sky News of his father's condition. He added, "He's looking forward to getting out, which is the most positive thing." Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, spent a four-night stint in the hospital in December 2019 while undergoing treatment of an unknown pre-existing condition, NBC News notes. Both Prince Philip and the queen received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccinations in early … [Read more...] about 99-year-old Prince Philip ‘responding’ to treatment in hospital

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 25 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Two Air Force pilots were hospitalized in Florida Thursday after their jet crash-landed at Tyndall Air Force Base , authorities said. "At approximately 11:25 a.m. this morning a Mirage F1B aircraft contracted through Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) crashed off the end of the flight line," Col. Gregory Moseley, the 325th Fighter Wing commander, said in a statement. "First responders were dispatched to the scene immediately, and both pilots were taken to a hospital in Panama City, Fla., to assess injuries sustained during the crash." ATAC told Military.com that one of the pilots ejected before the crash. ALABAMA MILITARY PLANE CRASH LEAVES 2 DEAD "Our thoughts and prayers are with the pilots and their families," Moseley said. 90th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptors from … [Read more...] about Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base sees jet crash land; pilots hospitalized

Those who made Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo an exemplar of pandemic leadership are abandoning his side as news of his alleged cover up of the amount of nursing home deaths in New York continues to unravel. Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was commended by corporate media, heralded by Hollywood, and defended by powerful Democrats for his COVID-19 response. Cuomo issued a March 25, 2020 order that required nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from the hospital. In May, Cuomo rescinded the order. Cuomo’s government omitted individuals who lived in nursing homes or long-term care facilities from their data on nursing home deaths because, according to a May Daily Caller News Foundation report, while the individual may have contracted the disease in the nursing home, they died in the hospital. Over the course of the nearly two month period when Cuomo’s directive was active, more than 9,000 COVID-19 positive patients were forced back into nursing … [Read more...] about The Walls Are Closing In On Andrew Cuomo

South Korea and Hong Kong administered their first coronavirus vaccines to their citizens this week. South Korea got its first round of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines on Saturday from the COVAX program run by the World Health Organization and began administering them on Friday at long-term care facilities, the Associated Press reported . Hong Kong has already filled up registrations for the coronavirus vaccine for the first two weeks where they will use the vaccine by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac. ADVERTISEMENT Both countries, like others around the world, saw a spike in cases over the winter and are working to recover from the outbreak. South Korea has had over 88,000 confirmed cases of the virus with over 1,500 deaths. Hong Kong has had over 10,000 confirmed cases and a little under 200 deaths. South Korea will be prioritizing those at long-term health care facilities and frontline workers in the first round of vaccinations. The … [Read more...] about South Korea, Hong Kong administer first coronavirus vaccines

Queen Elizabeth II is encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with the 94-year-old British monarch describing the process as “quite harmless, very quick.” She praised the U.K.’s national vaccination campaign during a video call with health officials released on Friday, comparing the massive effort to the way people banded together during World War II. “Well, once you’ve had the vaccine you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected, which is, I think, very important,” the queen said. “And as far as I can make out it was quite harmless, very quick. And I’ve had lots of letters from people who’ve been very surprised by how easy it was to get the vaccine.” ADVERTISEMENT The Queen has spoken to health officials leading the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine across the four nations of the UK. pic.twitter.com/Cululfsh4y — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) February 25, 2021 The queen and her husband, Prince Philip , 99, received their first dose of the … [Read more...] about Queen Elizabeth encourages COVID vaccinations, says it’s ‘quite harmless’