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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...

Children may be better off catching Covid-19 naturally than having a vaccination, according to a key government expert. Professor Robert Dingwall, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it may be safer due to the small risk of side effects from a jab. His comments come as a poll found three in four people support offering the vaccine to all children aged 17 and younger. Mr Dingwall, who is helping to decide whether to offer vaccines to teenagers, urged people not to ‘panic about infection rates’. He said Covid was no longer a significant cause of death and science sh...

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...

Regardless of Boris Johnson's update next week, senior figures within sport and Whitehall are in advanced talks to sign off the measure

FROM the outset the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions have infringed on our freedoms.