Day: 23 November 2021

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.

More than 24 cargo vessels are stuck in Russia’s Arctic ice, waiting for ice-breakers to come to their rescue, after an inaccurate forecast from the country’s Met Office. It's climate change Jim, but not as we know it.

The German football club Bayern Munich has docked the wages of five unvaccinated players after they were forced into quarantine.

Michael Gunner, the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in Australia, has labelled those opposed to vaccine mandates as "anti-vaxxers", even if they themselves are vaccinated.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has received a record high number of calls to its helpline over the course of the pandemic.

An NHS consultant claims in the Guardian that "in hospital, COVID-19 has largely become a disease of the unvaccinated". Yet Government data shows that 71% of hospitalised adults are vaccinated.