Prof Brendan Wren says the data should give us hope for an early unlock and that mass testing is likely providing a false impression of the number of Covid carriers. But Boris is likely to stick to July 19th (at least).
Britain's medicines regulator has received reports from almost 4,000 women who have suffered period problems after taking a Covid vaccine, and a Reproductive Immunologist says plenty more cases are not being reported.
The Department for Education has instructed schools to be prepared for the reintroduction of face masks in classrooms and for the return of remote learning in case of "local outbreaks of Covid".
Westminster City Council is advertising a contract opportunity for the construction of "body storage facilities" in the event of an "excess deaths situation". Is a new variant on the way, or is this another overreaction?
The gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated Brits is set to grow under new plans to exempt people who have received both doses from having to quarantine after coming into contact with Covid carriers.
Almost three million people have signed up to the NHS app since the addition of the "NHS Covid Pass" section, allowing users to show their vaccine status, as well as recent test results.
The E.U. has failed in a legal attempt to secure 120 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine – yet it still claims victory on the basis that the ruling demonstrates the drugmaker's failure to meet its commitments.
People who have had the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, or no vaccine at all, are to be barred from upcoming Bruce Springsteen concerts in New York.
The Government is considering making 2,500 football officials exempt from quarantine rules so that the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final can take place in England. But what about everybody else?
Covid vaccination will not be made compulsory for care home staff in Wales. First Minister Mark Drakeford says that care staff should take the vaccine, but "there is a very big step taken when you move into compulsion".
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