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.
Reports that the Government could lower the sensitivity of the NHS Covid app in weeks have been denied, with the Prime Minister's spokesman saying the scheme is "working as it is designed to".
When factoring in people 'pinged' by the Covid app alongside those contacted by Test and Trace and children in school 'bubbles', up to 1.6 million people in England were told to self-isolate in a single week.
A Government minister has confirmed Chris Whitty's warning that lockdown could be reintroduced in weeks, saying Boris Johnson will "of course" consider more restrictions if the Covid situation becomes "unacceptable".
20% of Brits support "permanent" Covid curfews, according to recent Ipsos MORI polling. But new data suggests that this is far off the mark, and that wording the question slightly different bears a much lower percentage.
A number of large supermarket chains, including Sainsbury's and Tesco, have announced that they will continue to tell customers – over tannoys and on signs – to wear face masks when in-store after "Freedom Day".
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.
More than half a million people in England alone were told to self-isolate last week after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for Covid. It's no wonder so many people are deleting the NHS Covid app.
A Manchester mother is demanding an apology from the police for sending officers in a riot van to check that her 12 year-old daughter – who believed "she was going to get arrested at any moment" – was self-isolating.
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?
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