News Round-Up
5 May 2024
by Will Jones
No Phones in Lavatories
5 May 2024
by Joanna Gray
The Prime Minister is "raging" about the lower Covid vaccine uptake among young people, and a minister has confirmed the Government is not ruling out barring unvaccinated university students from lectures and halls.
Hospitality industry leaders are willing to take the Government to court over the introduction of vaccine passports at nightclubs and other large venues, which they say is "highly likely to be unlawful".
Italy is set to join the growing list of countries introducing vaccine passport checks at restaurants, gyms, museums, movie theatres and more.
The University and College Union, still unconvinced that it is safe for university life to return to normal, demands that all students are fully vaccinated by September and that mask mandates continue on campuses.
The vaccination of children as young as 12 is likely to be approved by Australian health authorities on Friday despite ongoing debates on the safety of extending national vaccine roll-outs to the youngest in society.
Fans won't be alone in being barred from stadiums later this year if they've not been vaccinated. Premier League players and staff will also need to have received two doses of a Covid vaccine for matches to go ahead.
Reports suggest that Boris Johnson could face a large revolt from his own MPs in a vote on the introduction of vaccine passports. But will it be enough? The decision likely rests with Labour.
As we await clarification on what "large venues" will be forced to check vaccine passports, reports suggest that unvaccinated Brits could be denied entry to sports events of a certain size, under new Government plans.
A minister has refused to rule out the prospect of the Government barring unvaccinated Brits from pubs, saying that "we're not ruling anything out" regarding the introduction of domestic vaccine passports.
Unvaccinated Brits will be barred from nightclubs and other large venues from September. "Proof of a negative test will not be sufficient," says the Vaccines Minister. Last week, he said this would be "discriminatory".
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