2021-06-06
Observer Front Page 6th of June 2021
Boris Johnson is being warned that progress on climate change could be scuppered by developing nations if they are not given equitable access to vaccines, The Observer says.
Boris Johnson is being warned that progress on climate change could be scuppered by developing nations if they are not given equitable access to vaccines, The Observer says.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says Britain’s jabs blitz is helping win the battle against new coronavirus variants, writes the Daily Express.
Children could be given COVID jabs within weeks after the Pfizer vaccine was ruled safe for 12 to 15-year-olds, according to the Daily Mirror.
School leaders are calling for pupils to be vaccinated as a matter of priority after UK regulators approved a jab for 12 to 15-year-olds and data showed outbreaks of the Indian (Delta) variant in schools throughout England, says The Guardian.
The vaccine rollout is to be accelerated in an attempt to secure a route out of lockdown, with over-40s expected to receive their second jab within eight weeks, rather than 12, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Coronavirus cases in the UK have surged by 76% in a week but the government has insisted there was still no evidence to support a delay to the final stages of reopening on 21 June, according to The Times.
Channel migrants have been secretly picked up in French waters by the UK Border Force and taken to Dover, the Daily Mail writes.