A 12 year-old schoolgirl is suing a Sheffield school trust for "requiring and encouraging" pupils to wear face masks. Her legal representative said the policy risks causing children both mental and physical harm.
Pressure is building on the Prime Minister to launch a public inquiry into his Government's handling of Covid, as Lord Fowler says a probe should take place before "memories fade".
Only a small proportion of people who have received a Covid vaccine have been admitted to hospital with the virus and died, according to a new study. Most had caught Covid before the vaccine would be expected to work.
A new paper in The Lancet claims countries that followed a Zero Covid strategy have the best outcomes when it comes to health, the economy and civil liberties. But it's not very convincing.
Government data shows that a third of Britain has seen zero Covid deaths so far in the month of April. Some areas have gone even longer without reporting a Covid death – a whole two months in Oxford and Maidstone.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
When the virus is surging somewhere we never hear the end of it. But when somewhere like Florida or Texas lifts restrictions we hear not a thing. The public is kept in the dark by a biased and doom-obsessed media.
