COVID news live: EU ambassadors to discuss reopening of travel - as PM to face MPs over holiday confusion

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COVID news live: EU ambassadors to discuss reopening of travel - as PM to face MPs over holiday confusion
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'Everything is about balance and risk.' Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, Gillian Keegan, says it was the 'right step' to lift COVID19 restrictions last Monday and she has called on the British public to now take 'cautious personal responsibility'.

Bedford MP criticises lack of vaccines for younger people

Mr Yasin said:"We are pleased that the government has increased surge testing but what we've asked for is surge vaccines for 16 to 40s and they're resisting that. A total of 867 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the seven days to 14 May - the equivalent of 301.5 cases per 100,000 people.Bolton also continues to have the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases in the UK.

"It started suddenly on Sunday," said Ute Nicole Gaertner, a resident of one of the buildings, in Velbert, near Dusseldorf. The damage is said to have occurred just after midnight in the early hours of Sunday 16 May and at a similar time to the first incident.Police Sergeant Chris Vaughan, of Bournemouth police, said:"This mindless damage has caused great inconvenience to both centres at a time when the vaccination programme has had to step up a gear in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a result, parliament voted to remove health minister Maksym Stepanov, accusing him of failing to reach more people. "We know that these vaccines are very, very effective at preventing severe illness so once we get our adult population vaccinated we will be in a much better position." Cambridge University chemists Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Sir David Klenerman were awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, by Technology Academy Finland.

Tourists flying from England began returning to the Portuguese island on Monday after the government eased its foreign travel restrictions. The tea house closed in March last year amid the start of the pandemic, and while it reopened last summer, trade has dropped by 80% to 90%, Mr Chambers said. She added:"Now, the prime minister has a decision to make here. He's promised that he wouldn't be following dates and he would be following data.

The Good Law Project and EveryDoctor are bringing legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care claiming that contracts awarded to PestFix, Clandeboye and Ayanda Capital were given unlawfully at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in April and May 2020. He told the court:"Through the VIP lane, the defendant then prioritised suppliers including PestFix and Ayanda because of who they knew, not what they could deliver."

India halted vaccine exports a month ago after donating or selling more than 66 million vaccine doses amid its own fight with the virus. The World Health Organization, which co-leads COVAX, on Monday called on vaccine makers outside India to advance supplies to the programme given the shortfall from the South Asian country.

Almost half of adults would consider quitting their current job if their employer doesn't allow remote working in the future, a survey has found. Dominic Cummings is threatening to exert revenge on Boris Johnson by revealing a Downing Street document on the prime minister's COVID lockdown strategy, writesUnleashing a blizzard of often erratic messages on Twitter, the maverick former No 10 aide claimed he has"the only copy of a crucial historic document from COVID decision-making".

As well as stirring up mischief, Mr Cummings' Twitter blitz will be seen by Tory loyalists as a backlash against allegations from No 10 insiders that he was responsible for embarrassing leaks about who paid for the costly makeover of the PM’s Downing Street flat. Mr Cummings later deleted the tweet offering to auction the document about 45 minutes after posting it, explaining he had"botched options like idiot".Today's figures compare to the one death and 89 cases recorded last Tuesday.Deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales have fallen by 99% from the peak of the second wave of the virus in January, new figures show.

Over 36 million people in the UK have received the first dose of a vaccine and it is becoming clear that the vaccinations are playing a crucial role in reducing serious illness from the disease. "Lots of nurses felt that the government hadn't led very effectively – the indecisiveness, so many mixed messages. It was just very upsetting."13:28Bedford has become another hotspot for the Indian variant.

Mr Deller said there were big concerns for members of staff, particularly those in their thirties and below, who are unvaccinated. Around 1,300 students and 80 staff are being encouraged to get a PCR test at two mobile testing units on campus to detect any additional cases and prevent any further spread within the college and wider community.

The Good Law Project and EveryDoctor are bringing legal action against the Department of Health, claiming that contracts awarded to firms PestFix, Clandeboye and Ayanda Capital were given unlawfully at beginning of the pandemic in April and May 2020.

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