Day: 29 July 2021

Covid cases are falling in every English local authority, with 31,117 cases reported today, down by more than a fifth on last Thursday.

Students will have to wait until September to find out whether they need to be vaccinated against Covid to attend university lectures and to live in halls, according to Dominic Raab.

We're publishing on original essay today by Dr. Lee Jones, a reader in International Politics at Queen Mary, who argues that trying to suppress a virus that has an infection fatality rate of 0.05% for the under-70s is pointless.

Another week, another record in the number of people told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. In the week up to July 21st, 689,313 'pings' were sent out by the app – an increase of 11.4% increase on the week before.

Britain's families face paying hundreds of pounds more a year on food, flying and shipping costs to meet the net-zero emissions target by 2050, according to a new report.

Netflix has announced that key cast and crew will have to show proof of Covid vaccination on TV and film productions, but actor Sean Penn says he won't work unless all staff – not just those deemed 'key' – are 'jabbed'.

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.