Coronavirus live: UK airports set for busiest weekend since pandemic; clashes at Sydney anti-lockdown protests
Thousands of travellers will leave the UK this weekend as school holidays begin for millions
- Anti-lockdown protesters have marched in major Australian cities, as Covid cases spiked to record numbers in Sydney.
- Councils and companies warn that ‘pingdemic’ could cause weeks of disruption to bin collection, transport and food supply in England.
- Republican governor of Alabama: ‘Time to start blaming the unvaccinated’ for rising cases of Covid-19.
- UK holidaymakers booked for France could lose money if they do not travel.
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Sajid Javid has said he had made a full recovery after contracting Covid-19 last week.
Full recovery from Covid a week after testing positive.
Symptoms were very mild, thanks to amazing vaccines.
Please – if you haven’t yet – get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus. t.co/OmuaUGp173
For the second time in my adult life, I feel we must have a national conversation about domestic compulsory ID. Last time, in the mid-00s, it was an authoritarian solution looking for a problem to fix, with immigration, benefit fraud and everything but climate change proffered as justification. This time, the problem posed by the government’s catastrophic “economy first” approach to pandemic management is all too clear.
Still, the introduction of an internal passport will be just as costly, divisive and counterproductive as before – and even more dangerous to any way of life worth fighting for beyond this terrible time.
Related: It’s time for a serious debate about vaccine passports | Shami Chakrabarti
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