Sajid Javid may want Brits to live with Covid "as we already do with flu", but Government advisers remain unconvinced. Professor Stephen Reicher of SAGE says Javid's view is "frightening" and should be ignored.
We're publishing an original piece today by Professor John A. Fairclough, an Hon. Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales, which is very critical of the govt's management of the crisis
Covid rules could soon change to Government advice in Wales, according to a Welsh minister – but the Conservative opposition says that, in the absence of a date for unlocking, more clarity is needed.
The Bulgarian Government is considering offering vouchers and other incentives to those who get vaccinated against Covid because its roll-out is so slow that many vaccine doses are nearing their expiry dates.
Working from home could become the norm post-lockdown, but research shows that home working has increased levels of loneliness and mental distress over the past year – even for those who do not live alone.
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.
The number of recorded positive Covid tests in the past seven days has increased slightly amid fears over the Delta Covid variant, but deaths and hospitalisations remain low – so why the continued delay to unlocking?
