The awarding of 73 Covid contracts by the Government "merits further investigation", according to an anti-corruption group which says some companies were referred into a “VIP lane” because of their political connections.
The European Commission will not take up an option to buy 100 million additional doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, and is preparing legal proceedings against the drugmaker over the "fulfillment of deliveries".
The Government has contacted travel industry figures to say that Covid passports will be introduced in time for the return of overseas travel. The passport will feature a traveler's "vaccine status".
Secondary school pupils will not have to wear face masks in classrooms from next month, according to Gavin Williamson, but masks will still be required in corridors and on school busses.
Fitness chain PureGym suffered pre-tax losses of almost £215 million last year after the forced closure of their sites due to Government-imposed lockdowns led to 12% of its members leaving.
Border officials have said that around 100 fake Covid test certificates are found every day at the U.K. border because the documents are "very easy" to forge. Fakes are usually only identified due to spelling errors.
GPs at sites that are only administering the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine have been told to cancel all appointments for pregnant women after the JCVI admitted that “more research is needed” on the vaccine.
Biostatistics Professor Jon Deeks has criticised the Government's mass Covid testing plan as a waste of "time and money", highlighting that in some areas only one positive case would be found after 10,000 tests.
Michael Gove is visiting Israel to study possibilities for a Covid passport scheme in Britain. But new civil service job adverts suggest that the development of both digital and non-digital passes is already underway.
There is a "possible link" between the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine and blood clots, according to the European Medicines Agency. The regulator says that a warning should be added to labels for the vaccine.
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