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For the second year the great muslim hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia was subdued. normally this holy place would be mobbed, but once again only a be m trickle of the faithful were allowed. the delta variant has put pressure on developed countries, israel is now giving booster shots as a precaution to the most vulnerable. president macron of france announced vaccinations would be compulsory for health workers. and in the u.k. where 130,000 people gathered to watch the grand prix today, the infect...

Of the cold weather. we lose the precious firebreak that we get with the school holidays. if we dont do it now, weve got to ask ourselves, when will we ever do it? the opposition labour party leader kier starmer has said the lifting of restrictions is reckless and chaotic. his character causes chaos. his leadership causes mayhem. labour does not support the governments plan. lifting all restrictions in one go is reckless. nadhim zahawi, the uks vaccines minister, has defended the timing. there i...

A couple of time last week, including on wednesday. we know as well of course we had this meeting with the prime minister on friday. it was friday evening he began to feel unwell. in terms of close contacts and self—isolation, michael gove, a senior minister, back in june did not have to self—isolate after coming in contact with a positive case. he was part of a pilot in looking at daily testing instead. we wait for news this morning in terms of who sajid javids close contacts iron who may b...

Hussein. as health secretary sajid javid tests positive for covid, the observer highlights the plea from top scientists, not to "let the virus rip" on monday. with that in mind, the mirror leads on calls by a scientists for monday to be dubbed �*freedumb day. the health secretarys positive covid test is also the lead for the express, with the paper carrying warnings from business leaders that they expect staffing chaos to continue as workers continue to be �*pinged by the nhs test and trace ...

Thats right. weve held a lot about the pandemic and now we have to get used to the pingdemic. 0ver the pandemic and now we have to get used to the pingdemic. over half a million people have been pinged in the last few weeks ago. the health secretary having have a double jab is no worryingly testing positive bit with mild symptoms. we have heard this morning that the prime minister and chancellor have been pinged as well but will not be self isolating but taking part in this pilot scheme with a t...

Consequences," when most covid restrictions are lifted in england. rule changes making fully vaccinated people exempt from having to quarantine if theyve had contact with an infected person, arent due to come into effect untll mid august. downing street says the nhs contact tracing app remains "one of the best tools we have" to tackle coronavirus. with more, heres sarah campbell. the pressure on business is unrelenting. in the last week we had our head of production, he got pinged, then the guy ...

The pressure on business is unrelenting. in the last week we had our head of production, he went and got pinged, then the guy below him, the manufacturing manager, he got pinged. then the distribution manager got pinged and then the guy who is managing our new tap yard which was due to open on friday, he also got pinged. this brewery should have been welcoming 100 business customers to the opening of a new on—site bar this evening but with nine members of staff self isolating the event is off ...

Up contact. jason, do you want to pick up on the story in the telegraph? i up on the story in the telegraph? i think the problem here is most of the restrictions being lifted completely. if we have greater freedoms, lets move to a greater number of cases. the argument on the government for lifting freedom was primarily an economic one. they were saying they needed to get the economy back motoring again, but this is proving... i cant say the word. so many people are off work. im sure martin will ...

From the star, test and trace has not been fit for purpose, that is the thing, if we all thought it was doing any good it would be a different matter but its clear it has been an absolute shambles from the start with the vast majority of people being pinged probably at no risk at all. and some are turning out to be the other side of walls, all sorts of errors and problems with this app from the start. i think its just not fit for purpose and not doing any good. the think its just not fit for pur...

And hundreds are unaccounted for in europes worst floods for decades. south africas president addressed the nation after days of rioting and looting. he says efforts to overthrow democracy have failed. the uk has recorded more than 50,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time since mid january. in the past 2a hours there were a further 51,870 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. and another 49 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for covid — bringing the uks d...