The Danish developers of a new Covid passport app say that its technology will cause a "domino effect" across Europe. The company is currently in talks with a number of European countries, possibly including the UK.
The MHRA recorded 30 blood clot cases after the first 18 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK but insists that the benefits of the jab "far outweigh any known side effects".
The Italian Government has mandated Covid vaccines for all health workers, warning that those who do not take the jab could lose their jobs at least until the end of the year.
The Government is planning a new poster campaign that will urge people – vaccinated or otherwise – not to hug. It is likely to say that if you "hug your grandchildren there is a chance you will infect people you love".
The World Health Organisation has criticised Europe's Covid vaccine rollout as being "unacceptably slow". Only 16% of its population has received the jab, compared with 52% in the UK.
Germany is suspending its rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for people aged below 60 because of a risk of rare blood clots. This decision follows that of Canada to limit the rollout of the jab for those under 55.
More details have been given on Government plans to make Covid vaccination mandatory for care home staff, with a cabinet minister saying that workers would likely have to sign new contracts to make the change possible.
A judge has ruled that an 83 year-old dementia sufferer should have the Covid vaccine despite her son, who has Power of Attorney, saying that she should not have to end her life in pain if there were side effects.
On the one hand Government obviously believes I can't be safe from Covid because all the restrictions remain – with no excuses for the vaccinated. On the other hand, they say the NHS is open for routine business.
A quarter of England's over-80s are likely to have received both their doses of the Covid vaccine, according to NHS England figures – yet the Coronavirus Act has been renewed by MPs for a further six months.
