Britain's rollout of the Moderna Covid vaccine began today amid disruptions in its supply of the AstraZeneca jab. The AZ vaccine is facing scrutiny regarding its connection to rare blood clots.
The "roadmap" out of lockdown could be sped up because of the success of Britain's vaccine rollout and despite overly pessimistic modelling by SAGE, according to a Government scientist.
Concern over the link between the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and rare cases of blood clots has led to the halting of trials of the jab on children aged six to 17.
Despite last month's return of children to school not leading to a surge in Covid infections, the DfE has announced that secondary school pupils in England will have to continue wearing masks in class after Easter.
The Chair of the European Medicines Agency's vaccine evaluation team has said there is a connection between the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and rare blood clots, though the exact cause of the reactions remains uncertain.
Aviation bosses have warned that the requirement for travellers from "green list" countries to be tested for Covid twice will price many people out of holidays abroad.
The UK's medicines regulator is being urged to restrict the AstraZeneca jab for younger people because of concerns about rare blood clots which could pose a greater risk for those below a certain age than Covid itself.
Keir Starmer is yet to decide whether to support ministers over the introduction of Covid passports and was "really angry" that an interview he gave to the Telegraph last week was headlined on his criticism of the idea.
While the rules on travelling abroad have recently been made even tougher for Brits, thousands of tourists are arriving in the country every day. Hundreds of these are arriving on tourist visas issued by the Home Office.
Schools remain closed or are only offering a mix of remote and in-person learning in at least 90 countries, according to Unicef. This means that 800 million children across the world are still not fully back in classes.
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