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Downing Street has announced that NHS workers in direct contact with patients need to have both jabs or risk losing their jobs.
The prime minister is avoiding scrutiny from MPs and dodging reporters' questions on the ongoing sleaze row.
The NHS is ramping up the vaccination programme ahead of a "challenging winter".
Cases are higher than they've been throughout the pandemic. What gives?
“It’s a demand issue. We really urge people to come and do it," the prime minster said on Thursday.
Most Covid cases are among the unvaccinated under 18-year-olds.
“Ministers set out the stance but don’t go into detail what advisers do or don’t say to them," the health secretary's deputy said.
AY.4.2 is reportedly more transmissible than the original strain – but it's "not catastrophic" for the UK yet.
Hospital admissions are six times higher – and deaths are three times higher – in Britain when compared to European nations.
At least 43,000 people received a positive lateral flow result then a negative PCR test. Here's what's going on