All remaining domestic Covid restrictions, including the requirement to isolate when testing positive for the virus, are to be removed on Thursday, February 24th, Boris Johnson has announced in the House of Commons.
A fourth vaccine dose should be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s this spring, vaccine advisory body and rolled out more widely in the autumn, the JCVI says.
New Zealand will lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions after the Omicron peak has passed, Jacinda Ardern has said, as protesters occupying the parliament grounds again clashed with police.
Boris Johnson will address MPs about the lifting of restrictions at 4:30pm. However, there was a glitch this morning owing to a reported standoff between Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid over the end of free testing.
An Israeli study finds 25% of triple-jabbed and 20% of quadruple-jabbed healthcare workers were infected and infectious during the Omicron wave and concludes the vaccine programme has failed to stop the spread.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Levels of titanium dioxide that "systematically exceeded the acceptable exposure level" have been found in common face masks used for COVID-19, a study in leading journal Nature has found.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Britain's Omicron wave is fizzling out ahead of the planned ending of the final Covid rules next week, according to official data which show the outbreak is shrinking in terms of infections, hospitalisations and deaths.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
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