Latest updates: Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 July up 50%; Indonesia’s health workers struggle under weight of new casesUS reaches Biden’s 70% first-shot goal as threat to unvaccinated people growsHundreds of health…
Johnson’s travel policy in chaos, Labour says, after ‘amber watchlist’ ditched
Ministers need to get a grip on ‘reckless U-turns and confusion’, shadow transport secretary saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNo 10 is facing claims that its international travel policy is in chaos after Boris Johnson dit…
Therapy via Zoom should make mental healthcare available for all – it hasn’t | Hannah Zeavin
Good quality remote treatment is still proving to be expensive and in short supplyWhether with a private therapist on Zoom, through an app that daily reminds us to log our emotions, or in a back-and-forth with a chatbot, teletherapy is often proffered …
If education is such a great investment, it deserves serious international backing
The World Bank and IMF should step in to finance a recovery of children’s learning chances devastated by the pandemic“Education,” wrote Nelson Mandela, “is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” One wonders what he would have made o…
Savings bonds, lotteries and cheap food: do vaccine incentives work?
The Australian Labor party has suggested using money to encourage Covid vaccinations, a strategy that is popular around the wordSee all our coronavirus coverageLabor’s call for Australians who get vaccinated by Christmas to be offered a $300 cash incen…
Hundreds of health workers in isolation as Delta hits Australian state of Queensland
Outbreak forces millions into lockdown in the sunshine state as New South Wales races to administer 6m doses amid Covid surgeSee all our coronavirus coverageHundreds of critical health workers in the Australian state of Queensland have gone into isolat…
Covid passports could work – but coercion is doomed to fail | Melinda Mills
The government has a moral duty to encourage vaccine uptake, though it must find a way to minimise the backlashAfter initially resisting the idea of Covid passports, the government has decided to introduce them in “higher risk” settings in England, suc…
Ibiza plan for foreign detectives to infiltrate parties as Covid cases surge
Spanish officials are working to recruit squad from abroad because island’s police are too well known to localsWanted: foreigners between 30 and 40 years old willing to party in Ibiza in the name of combating the coronavirus pandemic.Spanish officials …
HSBC boosts bonus pool by 50% as profits more than quadruple
Bank helped by economic recovery from Covid-19 crisis in big markets including the UKHSBC has increased its bankers’ bonus pool by 50% after profits grew by more than fourfold in the second quarter, thanks to an economic rebound in key markets, includi…
Millions under strict lockdown in China after Covid outbreak
Fast-spreading Delta variant has reached more than 20 cities in biggest outbreak in monthsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people have been confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its larg…