News Round Up

“‘Let the bodies pile high in their thousands’. PM’s incendiary remark during fight over lockdowns is latest claim in No10 drama” – Boris is alleged to have said he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than order another lockdown, the Daily Mail reports. Downing Street deny the claim
“You won’t need a Covid passport to visit the pub” – Boris has shelved plans to introduce vaccine passports in pubs and restaurants, according to the Daily Mail, with officials instead focussing on a scheme for foreign travel, theatres and night clubs
“Mass testing programme is ‘stretching’ purpose of rapid tests, regulator warns” – The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is concerned people could view a negative test as a green light for ignoring lockdown restrictions, according to the Telegraph
“Quality of support for UK over-50s who lost jobs in pandemic raises concern” – The Resolution Foundation is warning that many older unemployed workers may fall out of the workforce for good, the Guardian reports
“Mystery shrouds growth in Covid cases in young people” – The Telegraph investigates why younger people seem to have been harder hit by recent waves of COVID-19
“The Covid debt isn’t going away. We have to live with it” – Writing for the Sunday Times, David Smith looks at recommendations made in a new report for dealing with the national debt, which now stands at 97.7% of GDP
“March for Freedom” – “As a trade unionist and socialist I have been on many demonstrations in my time,” writes David Fletcher on LeftLockdownSceptics, “but this was the largest I’ve ever seen or participated in”
“A group of conspiracy theorists descend on London” – “I was joined by nearly a million people yesterday for a stroll around London town,” writes Antonia Rolls, “but looking for any mention of the march at all on any kind of news outlet later, we only heard about the police bit at the end”
“Thousands Unite For Freedom in London March this weekend” – Dan Astin Gregory covers Saturday’s march, one of the largest protests in British history, for the Pandemic Podcast
“EU ‘confident’ of herd immunity by summer” – The European Union’s vaccine task force chief has said that the EU is on track to produce enough vaccines to achieve herd immunity by the middle of July, according to Deutsche Welle
“French drug assessment centre demands removal of all four widely used COVID-19 vaccines” – A translation of a report by a regional independent drug assessment centre in the West of France (CTIAP), provided by LifeSite
“Qatar boss pours cold water on hopes for rapid aviation recovery” – Al Baker, the Chief Executive of Qatar Airlines, is not optimistic about the prospects of a recovery in the aviation industry, warning that the “U.K. could end up with fourth, fifth or sixth waves of cases after it opens up its borders to international travel”, the Irish Times reports
“Germans protest curfews in several cities” – There were demonstrations in Frankfurt and Hanover on Saturday night against the imposition of a night curfew, Deutsche Welle reports
“COVID-19 has stolen a young generation’s future” – The situation for young people seeking their first job after graduation “verges on hopelessness”, writes Salome Gongadze in Deutsche Welle
“Why aren’t we treating Covid?” – Writing for the Cyprus Mail, Theo Panyides wants to know why treatments that have been proved to be effective against Covid are not being used when people first test positive
“Did COVID-19 spark the latest Gaza violence? – analysis” – The escalation of violence in Gaza over the weekend may in part have been driven by Gaza’s need for COVID-19 assistance, analysts have suggested to the Jerusalem Post
“Tamil Nadu and Kerala have fought the Covid tsunami well so far” – The Times of India looks at why it is that the health systems in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have not collapsed like those in other parts of India
“Premier Mark McGowan reveals new case numbers on day two of lockdown” – Residents of Western Australia are being told to expect restrictions to last beyond its scheduled end of Monday night according to Perth now
“Moving moment proud Aussie honouring our fallen Diggers walks alone through the streets of Perth” – An elderly resident of Perth went out to mark ANZAC day despite the city’s lockdown and the police gave him a guard of honour, Daily Mail Australia reports
“The Gestapo came again attacking the Church!” – The Calgary police have made another visit to the church of Pastor Artur Pawlowski who so memorably saw them off last time
“Premier Doug Ford gets emotional and apologises for missteps” – Watch the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford’s apologise for his decision to close playgrounds and increase police powers, decisions his Government reversed 24 hours later
“The fight back against ‘lockdown lunacy’ has begun in London” – The Sky News Australia programme Outsiders covers Saturday’s protests in London
“The sheer numbers who marched for freedom” – Martin Daubney links to some good footage of Saturday’s protests, giving you a sense of the protest’s size

Superb speeded-up video of yesterday’s anti-lockdown protest in London gives a true grasp of the sheer numbers who marched for freedom

Great work by ⁦@richardcings⁩ pic.twitter.com/M2ICUIuNg8
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) April 25, 2021

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