The drop in Covid cases has been caused by Britain's "exemplar vaccine programme", says King's College London epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector – despite the Prime Minister saying that lockdown is behind the fall.
The Government has hired Mitie to carry out 10,000 home visits every day to check if overseas arrivals are complying with mandatory quarantine rules. The contract allows the firm to spend £90 million on home visits.
The number of people waiting to receive hospital treatment continues to rise, with 4.7 million people stuck on a waiting list by the end of February in England alone. This is the highest number since 2007.
US researchers have linked consistent physical inactivity to an increased likelihood of Covid leading to hospitalisation and death. The odds for death were 2.49 times greater for inactive patients than active ones.
A new charter, "Open for All", has been signed by more than 60 restaurant owners and other hospitality figures, telling Boris Johnson that they will not force customers to show Covid passports.
The EU Commission will not renew Covid vaccine contracts next year with AstraZeneca and J&J, according to reports. The vaccines produced by both of these companies are facing scrutiny over their links to blood clotting.
Over 1,000 of the UK's Christian leaders have signed an open letter to Boris Johnson warning against the introduction of vaccine passports which would "risk creating a two-tier society – a medical apartheid".
A Weimar court has prohibited two schools from imposing mask-wearing, "social distancing" and rapid testing of pupils, saying that these measures are not only unhelpful but are "extremely harmful to human coexistence".
There is “every reason for optimism” in Scotland because of its vaccine rollout, according to Nicola Sturgeon, as the next step of the country’s exit from lockdown has been brought forward.
A UK Covid testing firm is set to halve the cost of its PCR test kit to £60. Government rules mean that travel to a "green list" country will still come with the additional testing cost of £240 for a family of four.
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