Coronavirus live: UK travel rules relaxed as arrivals can now use cheaper lateral flow tests

Latest updates: from today fully vaccinated travellers do not have to use more expensive PCR test on arrivalUK government paving way to bring in ‘plan B’ Covid rulesDarker skies and colder weather are perfect conditions for Covid to thriveOnly 8% of English schools receive promised air monitorsRussia sees record deaths as country prepares for new curbsSee all our coronavirus coverageWhich protects you most against Covid - vaccination or prior infection? Here, the data is examined by David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at Cambridge, and Anthony Masters, statistical ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society.Hillary Clinton, speaking on the BBC ’s Andrew Marr show, said it was “imperative” that Boris Johnson “do what he can to stop the rise in Covid in the UK.”Part of what we ’ve done in New York is all of the big health systems, hospitals and the like, they have mandated vaccines. For example, one very large one, 77,000 employees , 1,000 refused to get vaccinated. They were fired.And I think you have got to make it clear, we ’re not going to go back to lockdown, that is not going to happen. But, if you don’t get vaccinated and if you don’t have proof of vaccination when you go into a club or restaurant, and employers don’t enforce vaccines, we may see some problems here in the UK as the weather gets colder and p eople are forced back inside again.Continue reading...
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