All U.K. adults have been offered a first dose of a Covid vaccine a day ahead of schedule, but the success of the vaccine roll-out has not persuaded the Prime Minister to give back more freedoms on "Freedom Day".
Thousands have taken to the streets in France to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to force all health workers to get vaccinated and to introduce vaccine passport checks in almost all indoor settings.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who has had two doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, is self-isolating after he tested positive for the virus. He says that his symptoms are "very mild".
Britain will carry out the largest flu vaccine roll-out in its history this winter, with 35 million people, including all secondary school pupils and children aged two and three, set to be offered vaccines.
America's medicines regulator will decide on whether to fully approve the use of the Pfizer Covid Vaccine – currently only granted emergency use authorisation – in the U.S. for those aged 16 and over by January 2022.
A pub in Norwich has become the first in Britain to announce that it will check vaccine passports on the door and refuse entry to unvaccinated Brits, citing fears over the Delta Covid variant.
Two-thirds of all U.K. adults have received two doses of a Covid vaccine almost a week ahead of schedule, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced. So why is the Government gearing up for more restrictions?
Two of the biggest nightclub chains are ignoring the Government's argument that it is their "social responsibility" to check vaccine passports when they reopen next week, but they could be forced to in the near future.
Almost four million clinically vulnerable people have been told by the Government to continue taking "additional precautions" to protect themselves against Covid, including avoiding those who have not been vaccinated.
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