The World Bank estimates there will 21 million fewer people in extreme poverty this year, compared to 2020. Why? One reason, the World Bank suggests, is that "the appetite for lockdowns has been smaller”.
Countries that have permanently shut their borders in a misguided effort to reduce Covid infections to zero are heading for economic disaster. Thank God we ignored Independent SAGE and avoided this hair-brained strategy.
Vaccine passports are wrong on liberty and personal responsibility grounds, but they also just don't work because the vaccinated can (and do) pass on the virus too, a doctor writes.
While the number of U.S. employees only willing to take on new staff who are vaccinated against Covid remains low, the 'no jab, no job' trend appears to be increasing at a worryingly high pace.
Holidaymakers are being charged up to four times the price advertised on the Government's website for PCR tests. The Government has cut the cost of its own tests, but these will still put a family of four back by £272.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus — and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
