"Work! Work! Work!" shout the baggage handlers, ship cleaners and port security guards protesting on the steps of Venice's Santa Lucia train station.

The protest formed quickly and without warning - a flash mob, designed to call urgent attention to the 6,000 Venetians who rely on the cruise industry for work. After 15 minutes they are gone.

This year, international travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus are forcing cruise companies to delay most tours until 2021.

That's meant the ships that usually tower high above Venice's historic bell towers and basilicas have been noticeably absent.

Environmental campaigners have welcomed the change. They've been calling for cruise ships to be banned from Venice for years because of concerns about pollution and continual damage to the fragile foundations of the city.

Traditionally known as La Serenissima, Venice is no longer "'the most serene" but rather one of the most polluted ports in Europe, according to the green campaign group Transport and Environment.

Supporters of the cruise industry say the Italian government in Rome must now come up with a long-term plan - such as a new cruise terminal, outside the Venice lagoon - that will protect the city, but also guarantee the ships' future in the area.

Antonio Valecca is a porter with the baggage company Portabagagli del Porto di Venezia, which has been transporting tourists' luggage from ships to Venice's hotels for the past 80 years.

"When the coronavirus is finished, we need to bring the cruise ships back to Venice," he says. "This is the moment for the government to make a decision."

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Because of the continuing debate, the world's second-largest cruise firm, Royal Caribbean, has already announced that next summer, its cruise liners won't be calling at Venice.
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Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced.

São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government had agreed to buy 46 million doses of the vaccine CoronaVac.

He said the immunisation programme could begin as soon as January 2021, making it one of the first such efforts in the world to fight the pandemic.

Brazil has been one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus.

It has had nearly 5.3 million confirmed cases - the third highest tally in the world after the US and India - and is second only to the US in terms of deaths, with nearly 155,000 registered so far, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.
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Broadband firm Spectrum expands creating 140 jobs

A Welsh broadband internet firm says it hopes to create 140 jobs and expand its ultrafast network to a further 150,000 homes across south and west Wales.
Spectrum said it had secured a funding deal which will let it increase its full fibre optic network.
The fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) services offers higher internet speeds than using copper cable technology.
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