Students at the University of Oxford have been instructed that the institution's rules on social distancing, face masks and working from home will not change after "Freedom Day" because "Covid remains a real threat".
Almost four million clinically vulnerable people have been told by the Government to continue taking "additional precautions" to protect themselves against Covid, including avoiding those who have not been vaccinated.
New figures show that cumulative age-adjusted mortality in England and Wales in the first six months of 2021 is 0.4% below the 10-year average, making 2021 among the least deadly years in history.
We are publishing an excellent comment today by a reader who asks: "If you could go back 10 years and speak to your former self, what would you tell that unsuspecting fool?" His answer will resonate with many readers.
Emmanuel Macron has mandated Covid vaccination for all French health workers and has introduced vaccine passports in many settings, effectively cutting off unvaccinated French people from their daily lives.
The link between cases and deaths has weakened substantially in recent weeks. However, the situation is actually even more positive: measured by excess deaths, the pandemic hasn't taken any lives since early March.
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.
