All bazaars, markets and public offices to be shut, as well as movie theatres, gyms and restaurantsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Iran says it will impose a six-day-long “general lockdown” in cities across the country afte…
UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake
Institutions offer to train staff and students as volunteers in joint operation with NHS Universities are setting up their own vaccination centres in an attempt to make campuses as safe as possible for the autumn term. And with millions of students arr…
When Covid came to the anti-vax capital of Australia
A noisy minority in NSW’s northern rivers are pushing back against Covid-19 restrictionsBenny Zable has lived in Nimbin on and off since 1973, when he arrived in town for the Aquarius festival – the event that seeded counterculture and escapist lifesty…
When it comes to breakthrough cases, are we ignoring long Covid once again? | Hannah Davis
We are told not to worry about breakthrough cases because they are ‘mild’ – but long Covid is anything but mildOn 1 May, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped tracking breakthrough infections that did not lead to hospitalization or …
The Covid vaccines mean we can start living again – in Britain, at least | Devi Sridhar
We made sacrifices to buy time for a scientific solution that has now arrived. Yet where jabs aren’t available, the crisis still ragesWe have all made sacrifices over the past 18 months. People have stayed home to protect others. Businesses have shutte…
Harder borders are a legacy of Covid we should reject | Nesrine Malik
Rules driven more by politics than Covid are taking a heavy emotional toll on families around the worldMoira Hunt hasn’t seen her mother in over 18 months. Hunt and her husband, Shane, live in the UK but are from Australia, where Moira’s mother is abou…
Fears as more children falling ill in latest US Covid surge and school approaches
National Institutes of Health director says 1,450 kids in hospital Teachers union shifts, calls for vaccine mandates for teachers Amid increased fears that children are now both victims and vectors of the latest Covid-19 variant surge, National Institu…
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…
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…
Why are government experts holding off vaccinating under-16s in the UK? | Deepti Gurdasani
In the US and elsewhere, millions of 12-15 year olds have had the jab. The UK’s delayed approach seems overly cautiousCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced this …