2021-06-08
i Front Page 8th of June 2021
The i says only 2% of people admitted to hospital with the Indian (Delta) variant had received two doses of a COVID vaccine, and two thirds were unvaccinated.
The i says only 2% of people admitted to hospital with the Indian (Delta) variant had received two doses of a COVID vaccine, and two thirds were unvaccinated.
Finance ministers are plotting a raid on Amazon’s lucrative cloud computing business to ensure it pays more corporate tax under a new G7 agreement on a global rate, reports the Financial Times.
Brussels will start a trade war with Britain if Boris Johnson overrides the Brexit treaty so Northern Irish shops can keep selling British sausages, a vice-president of the European Commission has warned, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The Times reports on “COVID chaos” at airports as Britons rush to leave Portugal before it moves to the government’s red list, bringing extra requirement for travellers.
A new daughter for Harry and Meghan is the lead for the Daily Mirror.
The Daily Star is unimpressed by the birth of Harry and Meghan’s daughter, who has been named after the Queen.
The Daily Mail leads with the debate about whether all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England should be lifted on 21 June.
The minimum global corporate tax rate backed by G7 countries might not be enough to make Amazon pay its fair share, according to The Guardian.
The i draws our attention to the continuing risk of “long COVID”, particularly for young and unvaccinated people.