The transmission of Covid via books is only feasible if an infected person coughs directly onto a page which is then touched within two hours. Given that this is easily mitigated, why has the SNP banned library visits?
P&O Cruises will restart holidays around the British coast this year, but only for Brits who have been fully vaccinated against Covid. Those who can attend will be required to wear masks and to follow social distancing.
The leaders of Italy and France have made it clear that they will "quickly resume" their countries' rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine when the European Medicines Agency gives the green light on Thursday.
The EU's medicines agency has responded to concerns over the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, saying there is "no indication" that the vaccine is the cause of reported blood clots.
All remaining over-50s are expected to be called up for a Covid vaccine in the coming days with a surge in supply meaning half of all UK adults will have had their first jab by the end of the week.
A coalition of cancer charities has warned that cancer deaths could rise for the first time in decades due to the Covid backlog. They said that almost 45,000 UK patients are "living with cancer without knowing it".
Thorntons is the latest major high street victim of the Government's lockdowns. All 61 of its stores are to be closed, putting 600 jobs at risk. The retailer was struggling before 2020, but lockdown was the final blow.
The role of SAGE is likely to be reviewed when the pandemic is over. Some Government insiders have already admitted to having "bowed to" the advisory group too often over the past year.
Germany and France are the latest countries to pause their rollouts of the AstraZeneca jab because of fears over blood clotting. Boris Johnson, Britain's medicines regulator and AZ itself have all defended the vaccine.
A House of Commons Select Committee has published a damning report highlighting the lack of transparency from the Government on key policy decisions relating to lockdowns.
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