Boris Johnson has told the nation to go out and celebrate the New Year, but has told the public to be "cautious and sensible" due to the presence of the Omicron variant.
John Swinney, the SNP Deputy First Minister, has said that Scots should not travel to England for New Year's Eve in order to escape Scotland's much tougher Covid restrictions.
The Belgian Government's decision to close cinemas, theatres, and other public places, has been reversed by the country's highest administrative court.
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A Canadian study has found that remote learning, brought in under Covid lockdowns, increases the risk of school-age children suffering from depression and anxiety.
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by our in-house doctor looking at the latest hospital data. Turns out, staff absences are the reason London hospitals are under pressure, not a surge in Covid admissions.
Professor Sir John Bell, who is a member of the Vaccines Taskforce, has supported the Government's move not to tighten Covid restrictions, commenting that mass deaths and hospitalisations are "now history".
The French Government is tightening the nation's Covid restrictions to stop a fifth wave of the virus. The new measures include stricter limits on venue capacity and a return to mask mandates.
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Figures show that Boxing Day shopping footfall in Scotland fell by 48% from 2019.
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