Harper took to Twitter after an article on Sunday in the Telegraph citing an unnamed minister claimed the planned lockdown-easing date of June 21 could be delayed until as late as next spring due to the government’s concern about the spread of Covid-19 variants. The Forest of Dean MP warned …
Read More »Barclays: Reopening economies drive oil demand higher
Despite the possibility of a return of Iranian oil supply and the resurgence of Covid in parts of Asia, global oil demand is “healing” and oil inventories are set to normalize over the next two to three months, the UK bank said in a note on Friday carried by Reuters. Barclays expects the …
Read More »Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign
The nationwide ban on going outside without an obligatory mask lifts on Sunday. All schools, from daycare to 12th grade, will also fully reopen, having been partly closed for over a year. Most classes will be held in pre-pandemic conditions, with no social-distancing requirements, but students will still have to …
Read More »Are the kids really all right? UK back-to-school week is great, but this masked, medicalised reopening is not a ‘return to normal’
It’s not just parents who are breathing a collective sigh of relief to see children heading back to school today. Prime Minister Johnson has declared that ‘getting our young people back into the classroom’ is a sign that the UK can ‘start moving closer to normality.’ And it seems, at long …
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