Covid levels continued to drop in England last week, falling to their lowest levels since the start of December before Omicron took off. ONS data also suggest BA.2 may be half as deadly as BA.1.
Masks have gone in most parts of UK society now, but healthcare settings like GP surgeries remain a notable exception. Why are medics the last holdout of the masking obsession, and what can be done about it?
If Russia's invasion of Ukraine was prompted by NATO's eastward expansion, as some Putin apologists argue, why has the official reaction to Finland's NATO application been so muted?
Italy, the country where the Western lockdown panic began, is still addicted to its masks and shows depressingly little interest in exploring what happened elsewhere to find out if it over-reacted.
Wearing a face mask results in exposure to dangerous concentrations of carbon dioxide in inhaled air, even when the mask is worn for just five minutes when sitting still, a study has found.
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.
