Ski holiday tracker: The latest Covid rules in ski resorts and travel advice
France Entry requirements France has imposed a ban on all non-essential travel from British citizens. Prior to this imposition, fully vaccinated were able to visit France with…
Five reasons why travel bans shouldn’t return, come what may
Another Christmas, another Covid-19 wave, and another string of logic-defying travel bans around the world. France, Germany and Israel have already pulled up the drawbridge on British…
Rough sleepers to be offered accommodation for Covid jab in race to tackle vaccine hesitancy
Some regions have already ramped up efforts to provide the homeless population with vaccines. Hertfordshire successfully vaccinated all its rough sleepers earlier in the year, after a…
Look up, England: Scotland’s Covid rules show the arts what’s coming next
Senior figures in the Scottish arts argue that opting for clear, legally enforceable rules – rather than the voluntarism in place in England since July – simplifies…
Covid taught us altruism – here’s how we can keep helping each other
The reawakening of altruism is one of the few benefits of our extended isolation last year. When we were unable to be with our friends and loved…
Is the new Covid drug the answer to our prayers?
The Covid drugs are finally here – but how well will they work? On Monday, the NHS began giving out doses of a new antiviral drug designed…
Travel to Germany: latest advice as British travellers are banned from entry
Germany has banned all non-essential travel from Britain, as the UK sees an ongoing surge of the omicron variant. Under the ban, which came into effect at…
How to untangle your travel plans if you get Covid before Christmas
I remain optimistic that we will find a way out of this mess and be able to travel relatively normally again before too long. But there is…
Is this the pandemic’s unluckiest traveller?
Perhaps I should have read the signs. It was November 4, Diwali day in Mumbai, where my brother Samir and I now live looking after our mother,…
Being quarantined in a Maldives villa sounds dreamy – but it’s turning into a nightmare
We are also facing some practical challenges: I naively packed baby supplies for an eight-day holiday, not a further 14 days’ quarantine, so we are rapidly running…
Vaccine passports are an ‘affront to British and democratic values’ and do not work, says government aide
A government aide has said vaccine passports are an “affront to British and democratic values” and “do not work”. Joy Morrissey MP – who last week accused…
The Wurzels drummer John Morgan dies aged 80 after contracting Covid on tour
The Wurzels drummer John Morgan has died at the age of 80 after contracting Covid-19 on tour. He was part of the West Country band for more…
Is it time for Premier League clubs to consider dropping unvaccinated players?
I was five weeks shy of receiving my first vaccination against Covid-19 when I caught the virus in mid-April and spent the next two months off work…
Jurgen Klopp: Players have a moral obligation to get jabbed
Jurgen Klopp says players have a moral obligation to be vaccinated against Covid as he railed against the “aggressive” anti-vax stance of some of those refusing a…
The gig-goers defying Omicron: ‘I might as well get it at a concert as in the shops’
But some gigs are still continuing as planned. Last night in London, Gary Barlow hit The O2, Shepherd’s Bush Empire hosted The Darkness, and Little Simz performed…
7 Covid Christmas dilemmas – and how we hope to get through them
There’s a great new addition to the daily routine this Christmas. As well as the usual – get up, switch the tree lights on, draw the curtains,…
Going home for Christmas? The great Covid conundrum has returned
Ever since Freedom Day on July 19, the unspoken but widely adopted formulation for scientists and health officials is to be agnostic on the subject of restrictions,…
The countries that have put Britain on their red list
As omicron sweeps across the world, a key focus for British travellers has been the Government’s red list rules. But while hotel quarantine has now been scrapped,…
Exhausted doctors will walk out over Covid booster target, BMA chief warns
Doctors will walk out over the Covid booster target, the BMA has warned, as they complained the Government is “cracking the whip” and putting pressure on staff….
Wuhan lab leak ‘now the most likely origin of Covid’, MPs told
A laboratory leak is now the more likely origin of Covid, MPs have heard, because after two years of searching an animal host has never been found….
Is omicron becoming the common cold? History and biology may have the answer…
Rolling down my sleeve after my Covid booster, I pull up a pew alongside my fellow vaccinees in the after-jab ‘chill out’ room where you loiter while…
The 12-15 Covid Pass is too late to save family ski holidays
Those hoping to make the most of the fantastic start-of-season snow conditions who aren’t double jabbed must test negative every 24 hours or have proof of recovery….
For Africa, the red list has already done incalculable damage
The fact the UK government chose to red-list only African countries – even though the omicron variant is probably more prevalent in London than Lesotho – has…
Premier League players told: Test negative for Covid in your car – or go home
Premier League footballers will undergo a dramatic ramping up of Covid testing from Wednesday with lateral-flow tests to be taken at training grounds before they get out…
Red list countries: which destinations have been removed?
The UK Government has removed all 11 countries from the travel red list. Arrivals from Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Lesotho…