Many countries are stepping up their efforts to incentivise vaccination against Covid. Some are offering free pints and in Germany, the Government is considering giving those who are hesitant €300 if they get ‘jabbed’.
Just 25 under-18s died from Covid in England between March 2020 and February 2021, according to new research. In the same period, 124 children died from suicide and 268 died from trauma.
With quarantine-free travel for the fully vaccinated comes a catch: children as young as five must undergo PCR testing upon their return to the U.K., much to the frustration of parents and the travel industry.
It's not just SAGE member and renowned Communist Susan Michie who believes some lockdown measures should stay forever. Polling suggests that an alarmingly high percentage of Brits support permanent mask and curfew rules.
Lockdown has hit the already-dwindling teaching of languages, with a report by the British Council showing that more than half of primary school pupils did not do any language learning during the first national lockdown.
There's a great letter in the Telegraph today asking where reporters find Brits who want to remain in lockdown. These people may be happy to merely "exist", but "some of us want to live"!
Vaccination rates have fallen due to higher hesitancy rates among younger people – a problem which Boris Johnson hopes to resolve by offering incentives that widen the gap between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
The Government is due to announce that, from July 19th, fully vaccinated Britons will be able to travel to "Amber List" countries without having to quarantine upon their return to the U.K.
Britain's medicines regulator has received reports from 13,000 women who have suffered period problems after taking a Covid vaccine, an increase of 9,000 from late June.
Joe Biden's administration has announced a new door-knocking campaign in which "outreach" teams will put on the pressure to "get Americans vaccinated" against Covid.
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