Day: 11 May 2021

Read this original piece for Lockdown Sceptics in defence of the handshake by Dr David McGrogan, Associate Professor at Northumbria Law School. As he says, we cannot hope to return to normal without shaking hands again.

Boris Johnson has been pushed into promising a full public inquiry into the Government's handling of Covid and says that one will begin before the end of this parliamentary session.

Travellers entering the U.K. from "red list" countries have complained of a deterioration in their mental and physical health due to "prison-like" conditions in £1,750-per-adult quarantine hotels.

Restrictions on meeting both indoors and outdoors will be partially eased across most of Scotland on Monday – but it's bad news if you live in Moray, where current restrictions are expected to remain in place.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says that ministers "haven't ruled out" ending mask-wearing requirements on June 21st – but neither has the Government ruled out introducing domestic vaccine passports at this time.

Lockdowns do not explain why Denmark, Norway and Finland have had fewer deaths than Sweden. Border controls were the crucial factor during the first wave. And Sweden had more restrictions than Finland during the second.

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.

Two new vaccines studies from PHE bring encouraging news on protection against hospitalisation and death. But they leave me with more questions than answers.