Britain's vaccine rollout has been successful to date. However, a leaked NHS letter suggests that a setback could be approaching in the form of a "significant reduction in the weekly supply" of Covid vaccines next month.
P&O Cruises will restart holidays around the British coast this year, but only for Brits who have been fully vaccinated against Covid. Those who can attend will be required to wear masks and to follow social distancing.
With a vaccine as hurried out as this one, it is almost inevitable that rare side effects are going to show up when we vaccinate millions that wouldn't have shown up in the trials when we vaccinated thousands.
The leaders of Italy and France have made it clear that they will "quickly resume" their countries' rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine when the European Medicines Agency gives the green light on Thursday.
The EU's medicines agency has responded to concerns over the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, saying there is "no indication" that the vaccine is the cause of reported blood clots.
All remaining over-50s are expected to be called up for a Covid vaccine in the coming days with a surge in supply meaning half of all UK adults will have had their first jab by the end of the week.
Germany and France are the latest countries to pause their rollouts of the AstraZeneca jab because of fears over blood clotting. Boris Johnson, Britain's medicines regulator and AZ itself have all defended the vaccine.
Ireland and the Netherlands have joined the list of countries that have suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine because of fears over blood clotting.
Half of bosses won't let their staff return to offices if they refuse to take the Covid vaccine, according to a new survey of 300 business owners.
Concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine have intensified following reports of three Norwegian health workers suffering from blood clots after receiving the jab.
