The EU's Medicines Agency yesterday declared the AstraZeneca Covid jab "safe" to use, but the sustained fear over serious cases of a brain blood clot disorder means a number of countries are still treading cautiously.
The Government is considering introducing Covid "certificates" without which people would be unable to attend large events post-lockdown. The documents would show whether people have had a vaccine or a negative test.
The Government borrowed £19 billion in February, the highest since records began in 1993. Net debt has risen by £333 billion since last April, highlighting the relationship between lockdown stringency and economic harm.
The Prime Minister has said there is "no change" to the next steps of the roadmap out of lockdown, despite the expected slowdown of the vaccine rollout next month.
The EU's medicines agency has said that the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is "safe and effective" to use, but a "small number of cases" of a rare clotting disorder that have occurred after vaccination cannot be ruled out.
The approaching “significant reduction” in the UK's supply of Covid vaccines is a result of an export ban by the Indian Government, according to the country's manufacturer of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.
In the week that all students returned to school, only 0.06% of rapid Covid tests produced positive results. But how many of these were false positives, and how many families were forced to isolate as a result?
The vaccine rollout's slowdown must not delay our return to freedom. All over-50s will still have been offered a vaccination by the end of the month, by which point Matt Hancock previously said he would "cry freedom".
Britain's vaccine rollout has been successful to date. However, a leaked NHS letter suggests that a setback could be approaching in the form of a "significant reduction in the weekly supply" of Covid vaccines next month.
Students at several UK universities have accused the police of invading their privacy when checking for lockdown breaches. Some suggest that universities have aided this harassment, granting officers access to halls.
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