We should not get "carried away with our new freedoms", says Education Secretary Gavin Williams who has refused to rule out more school closures later this year if there is another wave of Covid 'cases'.
By comparing Delta when new to Alpha when spent, it's like comparing an athlete to a pensioner. The comparison tells us nothing useful.
Another million doses of the Moderna Covid vaccine have been temporarily suspended in Japan following the discovery of contaminants in more batches.
New Zealand has reported its first death linked to the Pfizer Covid vaccine, but health officials are keen to point out that they "remain confident about using it".
The World Health Organisation and Unicef have said schools in Europe must do everything possible to remain open, in spite of the Delta variant being dominant in the region.
Last year, school districts across the U.S. took the unprecedented step of closing schools and instead providing remote-only instruction. A new study finds that this caused a large decline in school enrolment.
