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BBC News For more than a year, personal freedoms have been curtailed to keep Covid at bay. That looks likely to change, with ministers proposing to lift many of the remaining restrictions in England on 19 July. The details, set out on Monday, have sparked intense debate. But what is unarguable is that the nature of the pandemic in the UK has changed - and with it so should many of our assumptions. Covid no longer the deadly virus it was The rollout of the vaccination programme has altered everything, reducing both the individual risk and the wider one to the health system.

Pupil self-isolation Covid impact 'not monitored' By Nick Triggle image captionThere have been worries too many pupils are having to self-isolate and lose time in school The government cannot say how many Covid cases in England are being prevented by sending pupils home from school to self-isolate. The BBC has been told it does not monitor how many children self-isolating end up getting the virus. It means the effectiveness of the policy cannot be fully judged. Some 279,000 children are currently being asked to isolate at home because they have had close contact with an infected person in sch...

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 1:20 pm on July 1, 2021 | 14 comments The UK has recorded 26,068 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily figure since 29 January. The official data also shows that there have been an additional 14 deaths from the coronavirus. Daily cases have been rising for more than a month, but fatalities have remained low, with scientists saying the rapid vaccine rollout has weakened the link between infections and deaths. The data showed that 84.9% of adults have had a first vaccine, while 62.4% have had both. There are 1050 words left in this subscriber-o...

Government urged to ‘hold nerve’ over Indian variant and release lockdown as planned Health expert Prof Robert Dingwall says ministers should refrain from ‘unnecessary, demoralising’ anti-Covid measures that won’t work 14 May 2021 • 1:32pm People queue at a vaccination centre at the Essa Academy in Bolton. The Indian Covid variant has been detected in a number of areas including Bolton, which are reporting the highest rates of infection, data suggests Credit: PA The Government must "hold its nerve" and carry on with the lockdown release because there is little evidence that the In...

Boris Johnson to push ahead with reopening despite rise in Indian variant cases Prime Minister considers bringing forward point at which vulnerable people in worst affected areas can get second Covid jab 13 May 2021 • 10:15pm Boris Johnson vowed on Thursday to push ahead with Monday's lockdown easing despite a spike in Indian variant cases, amid hopes that a local surge in vaccinations can contain the threat. The Prime Minister is considering bringing forward the point at which vulnerable people in the worst affected areas can get their second Covid vaccine in order to ensure they are prot...