Vaccine commission now to consider recommending it; Singapore experts say there may be hundreds of deaths each year from endemic Covid-19
- New Zealand reports first Covid-19 case in community since February
- No evidence Covid vaccine raises risk of miscarriage, MHRA says
- Texas mask mandate ban can stay as Covid court challenges proceed
- NSW Covid update: vaccination blitz targets south-west Sydney under-40s as state reports 452 new cases
Moving away from UK-focused news for now, both Washington DC and New York have moved to impose vaccine mandates on healthcare workers.
The Hill reports that officials have announced DC will require health care workers in the nation’s capital to get at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of next month.
Covid tests which are a prerequisite for arrival to the UK have predictably become a “rip-off”, according to the former chair of the competition watchdog.
Holidaymakers have objected to high prices and poor service from many of the hundreds of firms listed on the government’s website, the BBC reports. Tests cost about £75 on average, but prices can reach hundreds.
