Vietnam closes Ho Chi Minh restaurants; Olympic torch relay scaled down; US president tells country not to blame Asian Americans. Follow the latest updates 9.20am GMT Dozens of young Irish doctors and nurses have quit their jobs in Australia to return home to fight the pandemic but cannot get flights, leaving them in limbo, reports my colleague Rory Carroll in Dublin. Several airlines have suspended flights from Australia to Ireland and other routes are closed because of bans on transit through Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Some business class flights remain available but are very expensive, prompting the medics to ask the Irish government to arrange a flight and if necessary charter a plane. 9.12am GMT Reuters are reporting that the Olympic flame, which flew to Japan last week from Greece, will be carried not by relay runners. Lantern carrying Olympic flame in vehicle will replace torch in Japan https://t.co/R0tUU3m8Ah pic.twitter.com/UHHpwgdtmf Related: Athletes across globe call for Olympic postponement as countries pull out Continue reading...
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