“You won’t need a Covid passport to visit the pub” – Boris has shelved plans to introduce vaccine passports in pubs and restaurants, according to the Daily Mail, with officials instead focussing on a scheme for foreign travel, theatres and night clubs
“March for Freedom” – “As a trade unionist and socialist I have been on many demonstrations in my time,” writes David Fletcher on LeftLockdownSceptics, “but this was the largest I’ve ever seen or participated in”
“A group of conspiracy theorists descend on London” – “I was joined by nearly a million people yesterday for a stroll around London town,” writes Antonia Rolls, “but looking for any mention of the march at all on any kind of news outlet later, we only heard about the police bit at the end”
“EU ‘confident’ of herd immunity by summer” – The European Union’s vaccine task force chief has said that the EU is on track to produce enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity by the middle of July, according to Deutsche Welle
“Qatar boss pours cold water on hopes for rapid aviation recovery” – Al Baker, the Chief Executive of Qatar Airlines, is not optimistic about the prospects of a recovery in the aviation industry, warning that the “U.K. could end up with fourth, fifth or sixth waves of cases after it opens up its borders to international travel”, the Irish Times reports
“Germans protest curfews in several cities” – There were demonstrations in Frankfurt and Hanover on Saturday night against the imposition of a night curfew, Deutsche Welle reports
“COVID-19 has stolen a young generation’s future” – The situation for young people seeking their first job after graduation “verges on hopelessness”, writes Salome Gongadze in Deutsche Welle
“Why aren’t we treating Covid?” – Writing for the Cyprus Mail, Theo Panyides wants to know why treatments that have been proved to be effective against Covid are not being used when people first test positive
“Did COVID-19 spark the latest Gaza violence? – analysis” – The escalation of violence in Gaza over the weekend may in part have been driven by Gaza’s need for COVID-19 assistance, analysts have suggested to the Jerusalem Post
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