While the rise of the Delta variant is extending the company’s work-from-home policy through October 18, it’s not entirely clear what happens after that date.
The useful illusion of Covid incompetence | Letters
Jeanne Warren on how the UK government continues to avoid responsibility, and Sarah Sheils on 1919’s flu mutationI have long thought that incompetence was not a credible explanation for the government’s more extreme actions during the pandemic, so I we…
‘I’m excited to see my parents’: Guardian readers on travel-rule easing
EU and US travellers no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days in England but costs of tests remain highCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have announced that fully vaccinated travellers living in the EU and the US w…
New US mask guidance prompted by evidence vaccinated can spread Delta
• CDC director Rochelle Walensky cites ‘new science’• People with outbreak infections can pass on virusThe director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection spoke on Wednesday about evidence that vaccinated people can spread the Covid-19 Delta…
UK Covid live news: Labour condemns ‘reckless’ quarantine lifting for those vaccinated in US and EU
Latest updates: Angela Rayner criticises Boris Johnson’s plan to let amber list arrivals who were jabbed in the US or EU avoid quarantineEasing travel rules for those vaccinated in US and EU ‘reckless’ – LabourJohnson rejects Gove’s claim that Covid va…
Class, a Zoom-only virtual classroom, nears unicorn status after SoftBank check
Class, a virtual classroom that integrates exclusively with Zoom, announced today that it has raised $105 million in a financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. The 10-month old startup has now raised a total of $146 million in known venture funding to date, which eclipses the amount of capital raised by founder Michael Chasen’s […]
Barclays shareholders to receive £800m as Covid payout curbs scrapped
Bank’s pre-tax profits rise to £2.6m in second quarter after lifting of most UK lockdown restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBarclays shareholders are in line for a payout of more than £800m from dividends and share …
Coronavirus live news: Tokyo cases hit all-time high as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia see record infections
Tokyo reports 3,177 new cases; South Korea reports 1,896 new cases; Thailand reports 16,533 new cases and Malaysia registers 17,405 new infectionsBiden to announce vaccine requirement for US federal workers – reportUK poised to end amber list quarantin…
ITV ad revenues rebound on back of Euro 2020 and easing of Covid controls
Broadcaster reports largest June advertising revenues in its 66-year historyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageITV said it has put the worst of the coronavirus pandemic behind it, after the Euro 2020 football tournament and the…
Johnson rejects Gove remark that Covid vaccine refusers are ‘selfish’
PM emphasises positive benefits of having jab and appears to distance himself from vaccine passport planCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has rejected Michael Gove’s assertion that people who refuse to be vaccina…