Fears over the Delta variant could push the U.S. Defence Secretary to recommend that the Covid vaccine should be mandated for all 1.3 million active-duty troops. The final decision would lie with President Joe Biden.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
16 and 17 year-olds will not need parental consent to get vaccinated against Covid, it has been revealed, with Professor Jonathan Van-Tam saying there is "no time to waste" in extending the vaccine roll-out.
Japan has publicly named three quarantine rule breakers and has threatened to do the same to others, after telling young people to “share the sense of crisis” by wearing face masks and avoiding having parties.
Almost a quarter of a million English children have already had a Covid vaccine, according to new figures, with some clinics vaccinating 16 year-olds – accompanied by a parent – at walk-up appointments.
Nicola Sturgeon says the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation could update its advice on the vaccination of children "in days" and hopes the roll-out will be extended to 16 and 17 year-olds.
A new U.K. clinical trial will recruit pregnant women in order to determine the most suitable gap between giving the two Covid vaccine doses to this cohort and will study the potential side effects on their babies.
Ibizan officials are looking to put together a band of snitches to attend and report on parties that break lockdown rules. Party organisers are blamed for an increase in Covid cases and face fines of up to €600,000.
The update to the NHS Covid app comes "too little, too late", say business leaders. Hundreds of thousands of workers are still likely to be 'pinged' each week, meaning the 'pingdemic' is far from over.
An elderly Sydney widow has written to the Australian saying she was arrested for exercising near her home, highlighting the lengths to which the Australian authorities are going to make citizens abide by lockdown rules.
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