News Round-Up
4 July 2025
Denmark has become the first country to suspend its Covid vaccination programme as its health authority says the virus has been brought under control.
The Government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has said Brits should fly less and eat less meat as part of the "behaviour change" required to achieve Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
The UK and other countries should impose moderate lockdowns this winter to stop the virus "just infecting everybody", WHO Special Envoy on COVID-19 Response Dr David Nabarro has said.
Novak Djokovic will be free to defend his Wimbledon title after the All England Club confirmed Covid vaccinations will not be needed to compete in this year's Championships. He will also be allowed to play in Paris.
Twitter's recent ban on sceptical climate ads appears to presage wider restrictions on climate change debate on social media. Will Elon Musk end the censorship of dissenting voices?
A recent Danish study has caused excitement by suggesting the AZ and J&J vaccines reduce non-Covid mortality including heart-related deaths. But this is very unlikely to be true.
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.
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