Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been directly challenged by an unvaccinated hospital consultant over the Government's policy of compulsory Covid jabs for NHS staff.
Despite the record number of UK reported infections and despite hospital admissions rising in the past few weeks, Covid ICU occupancy has barely budged since the summer, and even declined in the past two days.
John Collis draws on the work of Prof Daniel M Davis to explore the role of genes in the immune system and asks whether genetic diversity might explain why some people are worse affected by Covid than others.
Forcing pupils to wear facemasks in the classroom is dystopian and critics should not be smeared as Covid-deniers, children’s author Julia Donaldson has said.
The latest data from the ONS shows that prevalence has been falling in London since the end of last month. This is the same time as last year, despite no lockdown being imposed this time.
Omicron bites hard in the UKHSA vaccine report this week as unadjusted vaccine effectiveness against infection (calculated from the raw data) plummets across all age groups, hitting a new low of minus-151%.
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.
With the Government refusing to bow to teaching unions and tighten restrictions in schools, the unions are fighting back, telling their members to ignore Government guidance and introduce stricter rules anyway.
A top Scottish fertility clinic has withdrawn its services for unvaccinated women, and Italy announces mandatory vaccination for the over-50s. They're really turning the screws now.
Tennis player Novak Djokovic has been told by rival Rafael Nadal he only has himself to blame for being barred from Australia for not being vaccinated, as Downing Street falsely claims the vaccines are "completely safe".
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