Northern Ireland will reopen outdoor dining, self-catering accommodation, gyms, swimming pools and its retail sector from April 30, the region’s government said. Stormont was slower to roll back measures than other parts of the UK, with most of its retail and leisure sector still shuttered and a curfew for takeaways and off licences still in place this week as England enjoyed a return to outdoor dining and beer gardens this week.
US health authorities have been informed of about 5,800 people who contracted Covid-19 after being fully inoculated, suggesting the shots are working at least as well as trial data suggested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday it was aware of around 5,800 cases out of a total of 75m people who have been fully vaccinated.
Denmark’s Social Democrat government on Thursday said it would look into allowing Danes the possibility to choose to have the AstraZeneca jab, a day after it dropped the vaccine from its programme. The government asked health authorities to look into the pros and cons of letting people choose for themselves…
