Day: 5 May 2021

Canada has become the first country to authorise the use of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 12-15. U.S. regulators are expected to do the same in the coming days.

A new peer-reviewed study calls for a full investigation into the safety and environmental impact of disposable face masks after finding easily detachable plastics and heavy metals including lead in them.

Heartening news ahead of tomorrow's elections. The People's Party in Madrid, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who is credited with keeping lockdown restrictions to a minimum in the city, won yesterday's regional election.

Today we’re publishing a series of cartoons, done in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry, telling the story of the global panic caused by the Covid outbreak and the ruling class's exploitation of it for their own ends.

Seychelles is locking down again – even though it has fully vaccinated more than 60% of its adult population with two vaccine doses, more than any other country in the world including Israel. Why?

Norway is the latest country to announce that it will introduce domestic Covid vaccine passports. Will the British Government follow suit, as it did after Italy introduced its first lockdown last February?

The number of deaths registered in England and Wales has been below the five-year average for seven consecutive weeks. This may be because deaths were "brought forward" by the pandemic.

More than one in five British adults experienced some form of depression in the first months of 2021 – this being double the rate that was recorded before the first lockdown began.

Rumours that a third Covid vaccine dose will be rolled out later this year have been confirmed by plans to offer the over-50s and those with underlying health conditions an extra dose before Christmas.

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.