- Vaccine to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds
- UK sees highest daily death toll since mid-March
- China to test Wuhan’s 11 million residents amid new outbreak
Ministers have been accused of an “unforgivable” failure to use the experience of Covid-19’s first wave to create contingency plans for future school closures and exam disruption independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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Children are unlikely to suffer from long-lasting symptoms following a Covid infection, a new study has suggested independent.co.uk/news/health/lo…
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said allowing younger people to have #coronavirus jabs was welcome news independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
An epidemiologist has said the pandemic is “going in the right direction” but the “big issue” is what will happen when schools return this autumn independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
All attendees to the Met Gala, which is returning after two years away from the red carpet, will be required to have both jabs of a Covid-19 vaccine and wear face masks independent.co.uk/life-style/fas…
After Sars swept across the globe, the UK drew up a plan for fighting an airborne virus arriving in Britain from China. The 2005 document was filed away in Whitehall, and apparently never used.
Now uncovered, its recommendations – from limiting travel to stopping ‘super-spreader’ events – are strikingly similar to the measures belatedly brought in to fight Covid-19.
- #TeamGB’s Liam Heath wins bronze
- Jamaica upset USA to take gold and bronze in men’s 110m hurdles
- India beat Germany to win men’s #hockey medal in 41 years
After Sars swept across the globe, the UK drew up a plan for fighting an airborne virus arriving in Britain from China. The 2005 document was filed away in Whitehall, and apparently never used. independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
Now uncovered, its recommendations – from limiting travel to stopping ‘super-spreader’ events – are strikingly similar to the measures belatedly brought in to fight Covid-19. independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
- Spain set to swerve ‘amber plus’ category
- Green list update expected tomorrow
- UK preparing to scrap red list rules for transiting passengers independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…
Spain is set to swerve “amber plus” status and retain its place on the amber list, according to reports independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…
A leading expert on international travel during the #coronavirus pandemic has described the UK government’s strategy as “a big chaotic policy mess” independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out any form of electoral pact with the SNP on “constitutional” issues ahead of the UK’s next general election independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Boris Johnson has snubbed an invitation from Nicola Sturgeon to meet in Edinburgh to discuss the ongoing recovery from the Covid crisis during his two-day visit to Scotland this week independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…