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News comes after Pfizer said jab showed 90.7% efficacy against virus in trial of five- to 11-year-olds; UK chancellor says hospitality must not shut again

The repeated calls for people to get jabbed comes as the Government resists calls for further measures to curb the spread of the virus.

The vaccination campaign is progressing far quicker in Scotland than England, where a third (33.4 per cent) of that age group has had their vaccinations.

Now we have some protection, do we need to keep boosting or can nature take its course?

HIGH Covid cases and deaths are "very worrying", an expert has warned.Professor Peter Openshaw said the large numbers are even more concerning given i

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People will be able to go on holidays “within limits” this summer, a leading expert has claimed, while ministers said the travel green list will be coming soon. However, Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London, said it was vital people do not drop their guard because there are likely to be further outbreaks of coronavirus. Prof Openshaw, who is also a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nertag), told the Andrew Marr ...

People will be able to go on holidays “within limits” this summer, a leading expert has claimed, while ministers said the travel green list will be coming soon. However, Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London, said it was vital people do not drop their guard because there are likely to be further outbreaks of coronavirus. Prof Openshaw, who is also a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nertag), told the Andrew Marr ...

Professor Peter Openshaw said the UK needed to be cautious and prepare for further outbreaks of Covid-19.

An empty beach in Ibiza Credit: PA A list of countries deemed safe to visit ahead of the expected lifting of the ban on international holidays for people in England from May 17 is expected soon despite the government missing the publication deadline, the foreign secretary has said. Dominic Raab told the BBCs Andrew Marr Show that a new traffic light system detailing different rules for people returning from overseas travel depending on the risk is “coming shortly”. The Commons’ Transport...