The Government could tell pubs and restaurants that don't check the vaccination statuses of their customers to reintroduce social distancing during future 'Covid surges', under new plans.
Most leading Russell Group universities will continue to hold lectures online when the university year starts this autumn, and students at some will be told they must still wear face masks and follow social distancing.
The University of Sussex is boosting its attempts to increase vaccine take-up among its students by offering £5,000 prizes to those who can prove they have had two 'jabs'.
We're publishing an original article today by Dr Sinéad Murphy, a Research Associate in Philosophy at Newcastle University, on the parallels between witch-hunts and discrimination against the unvaccinated.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation remains largely opposed to the vaccination of younger teenagers and children, despite having given the green light for the vaccination of healthy 16 and 17 year-olds.
Northern Ireland has become the first U.K. nation to extend its vaccine rollout to healthy 16 and 17 year-olds, and reports suggest that young people are "excited" to get 'jabbed'.
If you don’t get vaccinated against Covid, you won’t be able to enjoy your life, young people are told in the latest Government ad campaign which nods to the introduction of vaccine passports later this year.
The idea that proof of Covid vaccination is required to travel abroad "is a reality... in this new world", says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who believes this could be "a feature for evermore".
Fears over the Delta variant could push the U.S. Defence Secretary to recommend that the Covid vaccine should be mandated for all 1.3 million active-duty troops. The final decision would lie with President Joe Biden.
16 and 17 year-olds will not need parental consent to get vaccinated against Covid, it has been revealed, with Professor Jonathan Van-Tam saying there is "no time to waste" in extending the vaccine roll-out.
