Construction workers march through the streets in Melbourne on Tuesday
(Picture: Getty Images)Boris Johnson insisted that it was “very much not the plan” to cancel Christmas for a second year after he ordered Brits to avoid family get-togethers as the Kent variant of Covid-19 sent cases soaring last December.
The Prime Minister faces the trifecta of a potential Covid spike, lorry driver shortages, and gas price hikes causing disruption to Christmas 2021.
Former health secretary Matt Hancock will have his personal WhatsApp and emails searched as part of a High Court battle over millions of pounds’ worth of antibody test contracts.
Meanwhile, US chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci suggested that British travellers who have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca (AZ) jab will be allowed into the US.
The news has sparked a surge in bookings, with British Airways saying the number of potential customers searching for holidays to key US destinations after the announcement was more than seven times higher compared with the same period last week.
In Australia, hundreds of people demonstrated in locked-down Melbourne on Tuesday after authorities shut down construction sites in the city for two weeks, saying the frequent movement of workers was spreading the coronavirus into regional areas.
