Vaccinations

One in 25 people in the UK are thought to have the virus

Pressure growing on ministers to offer jabs to all adults over autumn and winter

Samples from an east London sewage plant have tested positive for the virus

Danish pharma company has doubled its revenue projections as orders flood in

Government will emphasise personal responsibility over blanket regulations as it lifts all legal restrictions

UCL professor says removing restrictions is best way to ‘reduce serious illness and death’

Ottawa police chief describes ‘siege’ mentality as thousands join Covid restriction protests

Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan just the latest in string of Covid-19 rows between big names

Movement members quoting Magna Carta in bids to challenge Covid-19 regulations

New study points finger at other explanations for common complaints such as headaches

There is growing frustration with the minority of people who have yet to receive their Covid-19 jabs

Ikea joins growing list of firms axing sick pay entitlement for employees who haven’t had Covid jabs

Kick off 2022 by testing your memory and attention to detail

Insiders say government experts believe the Covid-19 variant causes less severe illness than Delta

Pressure mounts on Biden as multiple states report successive days of record cases

Co-infection could result in more severe illness and trigger ‘recombination events’

Government urged to release more information amid speculation about whether the Covid victim was vaccinated

Expert says the variant is ‘booster shot’ for Beijing’s approach

Conservative source says trust in the PM has ‘evaporated’ as England faces new Covid restrictions

Under-40s still waiting to book booster vaccination jabs on the NHS website

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

All UK adults to be offered a third booster vaccine in a bid to stop the spread of Omicron

Compulsory vaccination rules have been both praised and criticised

Prime minister insists the levy for unjabbed over-60s is ‘health fee’ rather than ‘punishment’

Prime minister said booster jabs will give ‘the protection you need’ but Sage experts are more cautious

Immunity experts explain how new virus variants emerge

Experts question claim that Oxford-developed jab has saved Britain from Europe’s high hospitalisation rates

Trial finds injection reduces risk of symptomatic infection by 83%

‘Unprecedented’ measures introduced as country records highest infections in western Europe

‘Operation Rampdown’ could close key parts of the government’s Covid response by April

Angela Merkel urges faster jab rollout as incidence rate passes 300 for first time

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Hopes that virus has ‘exhausted itself’ challenged by experts as vaccine drive stalls

UK approves ‘game-changer’ medication for at-risk patients to take at home