Some 80% of the EU’s AstraZeneca vaccines are sitting unused and the bloc has been told to use them or give them to some of the 130 poorer countries that have yet to receive even one dose – that’s on the front of Metro.
The Queen told people working on the vaccine roll out that her experience was “very quick” and “didn’t hurt at all”, reports Metro. The monarch also said people with doubts needed to do the right thing and think of others.
Finally, something to look forward to… Reading and Leeds festivals will be going ahead this year with some acts signed up already, says Metro. More on this story here.
Metro says Boris Johnson has ordered a review into whether vaccine passports could be used in the UK for things like international travel and entering pubs and restaurants.
Many of us will today be dreaming of midsummer nights as 21 June has been pencilled in as the day pubs and clubs could reopen in England, writes Metro.
Boris Johnson will be using four tests to determine England’s easing of lockdown which will be revealed on Monday, writes Metro. Sky News has taken a look at how these tests might be passed.
Facebook’s news ban in Australia is on the front of Metro, which adds that there is a global campaign to ditch the social media giant.
Metro leads on calls for 18 to 30-year-olds in the UK to volunteer to be infected with coronavirus as part of a new scientific study.Participants will be paid £4,500, the paper reports.You can read more here.
The head of the vaccine taskforce has said every adult in the UK could receive both jabs by August, according to the Metro.
Boris Johnson has said our emergence from the current coronavirus lockdown will be “cautious but irreversible”, Metro reports.Read more here.