ONS data suggests some Covid-enforced changes to daily life will remain after pandemic subsidesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAbout nine in 10 people in the UK are still wearing face coverings at least some of the time desp…
Unions urge Commons Speaker to take tougher line on unmasked MPs
Ministers and backbenchers criticised for unwillingness to take basic measures to help protect staffCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, is facing calls to urge MPs to wear masks in the cha…
The Guardian view on children’s care in crisis: the high price of neglect | Editorial
After years of cuts, the pandemic has left social services and the young people they support brutally exposed About the only good thing that can be said about the worsening crisis in children’s social care is that it is being talked about. The extremel…
Extremely vulnerable in UK must urgently get booster shots, say campaigners
Government’s vaccines watchdog has cast doubt on start date for Covid jab booster programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCampaigners for clinically extremely vulnerable people have called for urgent government action to en…
Ministers launch review to weed out ‘cowboy’ Covid travel test firms
Sajid Javid cuts price of NHS test and trace package for international arrivals by a fifthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have launched a review of the misleading costs of Covid travel tests from “cowboy” providers…
Record number of NHS England patients waiting for routine hospital treatment
Health secretary warns 5.45m figure will rise sharply even further, as result of backlog from pandemicSajid Javid has warned that the number of people needing hospital treatment in England is set to rise sharply, outstripping the new record of almost 5…
NHS still not recognising British citizens’ overseas Covid jabs, says peer
Lord Paddick accuses government of ‘broken promises’ after Pfizer jabs received in Norway go unrecognisedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritons vaccinated abroad are still struggling to get their jabs registered with the NH…
NHS waiting lists could top 15 million in four years without major rise in capacity
Overspend of at least £5bn likely, says Nuffield Trust – but cabinet is deeply split over size of future funding settlementThe waiting list for NHS care in England could rise to 15 million people in the next four years without a significant increase in…
Further Covid lockdowns in UK are now unlikely, says Neil Ferguson
Epidemiologist who helped shape initial strategy warns prediction could change if virus ‘changes substantially’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageProf Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist whose initial modelling helped shape Brita…
Vaccine policies that are ineffective and unethical | Letters
Prof Peter Ayton and Prof Mark Doel on how offering incentives to persuade the reluctant to get vaccinated could backfire, and Isaac Ohringer on why teenagers like him shouldn’t be vaccinated while older people worldwide are still at riskYou report tha…