The UK’s vaccination programme is “beginning to really bear fruit” and has allowed the government to unveil its plans for lifting lockdown, the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News.
All schools in England to reopen on 8 March as PM plots course to ease lockdown
All schools in England will reopen to all pupils on 8 March under the Prime Minister’s roadmap out of lockdown to be announced on Monday, with outdoor after-school sports and activities also allowed to restart.
COVID-19: Family call for teachers to be vaccinated
The family of a school worker who died after contracting COVID-19 say that teachers and other staff must be vaccinated before students return to the classroom.
Indonesia and Nepal first countries to join UK’s Recovery trial
UK’s Recovery trial, which is the world’s largest clinical trial, expands to include Covid patients from Indonesia and Nepal.
Boeing recommends grounding of 777s after Denver incident
Boeing calls for grounding of 128 of its 777 jets as US regulators probe a United Airlines flight whose engine caught fire and fell apart over a suburban American city
Leaked Coca-Cola training document urges workers to ‘try to be less white’
There’s been a backlash against Coca-Cola, after an employee revealed its training included the advice that workers should ‘try to be less white.’ The company was roasted on social media after the revelation, with some...
‘Sputnik V should be sent to Europe and worldwide’ – Italian opera singer to RT
While on tour in Moscow, renowned mezzo soprano Anna Maria Chiuri has received the Sputnik V COVID jab. She told RT why she chose to have the pioneering Russian vaccine.