The NHS vaccine mandate should be cancelled to prevent staff shortages, the Royal College of GPs has said, as thousands took to the streets across England to protest against the policy.
In its own data, the NHS has revealed that 23% of ICU beds are unoccupied in the middle of January. This is unprecedented in recent history. Normal ICU bed occupancy at this time of year is well over 90%.
Two years into the pandemic, the Pacific island of Kiribati has gone into its first lockdown, after 36 of 54 passengers on a flight – all vaccinated – tested positive for Covid.
The Government is considering pausing its plans for compulsory vaccination for health service staff over fears of the mass sacking of more than 70,000 NHS workers.
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.
An aeroplane travelling from Miami to London turned back because a passenger refused to wear a face mask, the airline has said. What a ridiculous waste of fuel, time and money.
Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford has accused the UK Government of abandoning the Science. But why does his 'Alert Level Zero' still involve masks and vaccine passports?
The Austrian equivalent of the House of Commons voted yesterday in favour of the new Government proposals to fine the unvaccinated the equivalent of thousands of pounds.
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.
Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness against infection is negative against Omicron for the triple-jabbed over-30s, new UKHSA data show, meaning infection rates per 100,000 are higher in the triple vaccinated.
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