The Transport Secretary says new "Green Watchlist" countries could return to the "Amber List" at short notice due to changes that occur "with quite a lot of regularity". He refused to say whether he would book a holiday.
The Government has added a handful of countries to its "Green List". All but one of these countries have also been added to the "Green Watchlist", meaning they are "at risk" of being pushed back onto the "Amber List".
The use of antidepressants among British children has reached an all-time high over the past year of lockdowns, with many children having been prescribed drugs because waiting times to see professionals were too long.
The U.S. medicines regulator is set to add a warning to the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines after the CDC said there is a "likely link" between them and cases of heart inflammation.
Mask-wearing may be "advised" once lockdown restrictions are lifted, but there will be no "legal requirement" to comply, says Environment Secretary George Eustice, who will ditch his mask when the rules change.
Chinese scientists have deleted dozens of test samples from patients in Wuhan from an international database used to track the evolution of Covid, in an "obscure" move that some say acts as proof of the lab leak theory.
More than 60% of U.K. adults have been fully vaccinated against Covid, with roughly 80% of all those aged 18 and over having received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.
Australia will gradually phase out the use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in its national vaccine roll-out because of safety concerns.
Mask-wearing and social distancing should stay in place because it is "inevitable" that new Covid variants will be able to "break through the vaccine-related protection in a few people", says WHO official David Nabarro.
The Government has been accused of "moral inconsistency" for allowing almost 3,000 football "VIPs" to attend the Euro 2020 finals without having to abide by quarantine rules while ruining the holiday chances of Brits.
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