If Britain really wants to keep everyone safe, we should be worrying about the lack of supplies to poorer nationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“I was thinking this morning that it is a bit like a race,” Sajid Javid said la…
NHS urged to redistribute near-expiry vaccines as take-up slows in young
Doctors across England raise alarm as 170,000 Moderna doses at risk of expiry within fortnightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe NHS is facing pressure to redistribute tens of thousands of vaccine doses nearing expiry as de…
Johnson’s scapegoating the young over Covid jabs is not a wise tactic | Larry Elliott
If the Conservatives want to win the hearts and minds of the under-25s they’d do better by incentivising vaccinationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Conservative party has a problem with the young. In the last general ele…
There’s a case for vaccine passports, but ministers are failing to make it | Andrew Rawnsley
The government’s hesitant and incoherent policy serves only to create suspicion and offer ammunition to anti-vaxxers • Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageMany will have heard of Typhoid Mary, but fewer will know her full stor…
Is Covid-19 on the run in the UK?
A fall in case numbers last month raised hopes that Britain may be reaching herd immunity, but experts warn against complacency, given uncertainty about new variants and autumn’s return to schoolCoronavirus – latest updatesUK can expect thousands of Co…
Discounts from Uber and Deliveroo will lure young people in UK to get Covid jab
Companies will offer credit and price reductions in government push to boost vaccination ratesCheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the government in a desperate effort to boost Covid vaccination rates…
UK can expect thousands of Covid deaths every year, warn scientists
Disease will circulate alongside flu and other seasonal viruses and become part of accepted winter illnessCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain faces the prospect of thousands of annual Covid deaths for years to come, scie…
Covid vaccine status proof will not be required for students in England
Department for Education says it encourages take-up of Covid jabs but has no plans for passport systemCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere are no plans to bring in vaccine passports for university students in England, the D…
Sarah Perry: As an author, I felt useless in the pandemic. So I trained to be a vaccinator
Inspired by a desire to be good and help others during the pandemic, novelist Sarah Perry trained to vaccinate people. But what does it mean to be good when there is so much bad faith?Earlier this year – lockdown three: no sign of spring – I travelled …
France attacks decision to keep it on England’s ‘amber plus’ list
Stricter quarantine measures for fully-vaccinated travellers ‘discriminatory’, says ministerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEngland’s decision to keep stricter quarantine measures in place for fully-vaccinated travellers com…