NEWS
Britain’s regulator missed the link between the AstraZeneca jab and rare blood clots
Blood clotting cases among recent receivers of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine were recorded in the UK’s Yellow Card database (a website for reporting adverse drug reactions) in January but were missed at first by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA – possibly due to the algorithms it uses to interrogate UK data. Signals about this link had been firing unnoticed in the UK’s Yellow Card database for at least a month, perhaps longer – Telegraph
Too early to tell if hospitality can reopen on may 17, says minister – Wales Online
Covid trial to study effect of immune system on reinfection – Guardian
UK warships will set sail for the Black Sea within weeks as tensions between Russia and Ukraine soar – Mail
Emmanuel Macron says he is discussing ways to open France to vaccinated ‘American and European’ travellers this summer – Mail
Facebook encryption plans will hit fight against child abuse, warns Patel – Guardian
Everyone aged 18 to 24 should receive a £500 ‘Covid relief’ lump sum to boost economic recovery, says group of nearly 100 Tory MPs – Mail
98% of French teachers say ‘non’ to AstraZeneca – Mail
COMMENT
To understand the dangers of Covid passports, simply imagine an obesity equivalent – Charles Walker, Telegraph
The Queen should not have had to sit alone at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral – Tim Stanley, Telegraph
