A small list of key workers have been made exempt from self-isolation rules amid reports of food shortages, but to make matters more confusing, the Government says they must stay at home when they are not on shift.
We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by an academic economist looking in detail at whether the vaccine roll-out has reduced the hospitalisation of the over-60s testing positive in Scotland. Answer: No.
As infections surge in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis stands firm: "If anyone is calling for lockdowns, you're not getting that done in Florida."
Far from a big exit wave, as many predicted, in the week since 'Freedom Day' daily new positive tests have dropped by over a third, showing once again that the models are fundamentally flawed.
Italy is set to join the growing list of countries introducing vaccine passport checks at restaurants, gyms, museums, movie theatres and more.
The University and College Union, still unconvinced that it is safe for university life to return to normal, demands that all students are fully vaccinated by September and that mask mandates continue on campuses.
A new study out of Oxford has found that of the one million schoolchildren sent home and forced to self-isolate for 10 days every week last term, 98.4% did not go on to develop Covid. Totally unnecessary in other words.
The domestic holiday industry was relying on this crucial summer season to make up for losses from the past year. But hotels, theatres and cafes are being forced to close due to staff shortages caused by the "pingdemic".
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by David McGrogan, Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School, about why Boris has spent £37b on the useless Test and Trace programme. Answer? Vanity and hubris.
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.
