Covid rules could soon change to Government advice in Wales, according to a Welsh minister – but the Conservative opposition says that, in the absence of a date for unlocking, more clarity is needed.
The Bulgarian Government is considering offering vouchers and other incentives to those who get vaccinated against Covid because its roll-out is so slow that many vaccine doses are nearing their expiry dates.
Working from home could become the norm post-lockdown, but research shows that home working has increased levels of loneliness and mental distress over the past year – even for those who do not live alone.
The number of recorded positive Covid tests in the past seven days has increased slightly amid fears over the Delta Covid variant, but deaths and hospitalisations remain low – so why the continued delay to unlocking?
300 healthcare workers in Italy have launched legal action against their Government in a "democratic battle" against the forced vaccination of staff.
Cancelled work placements and silence from potential employers has pushed thousands of recent university graduates to study “panic master’s” courses, an admissions expert has warned.
The Government will end the requirement for fully vaccinated Brits to quarantine after coming into contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid within weeks, despite concerns that some could "game" the system.
Councils in some variant "hotspots" are telling 16 and 17 year-olds to get a Covid vaccine, without the need of an appointment, despite there not having been an official decision on child vaccination from the Government.
While vaccine hesitancy rates among British adults have fallen to just four per cent, around one in seven older teenagers are hesitant over getting a Covid vaccine, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
Asda is the latest business giant to tell its office workers they can work where they like, amid suggestions that "hybrid working", where staff work from home some of the time, could become the norm post-lockdown.
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