What is behind the latest fall in cases of Covid across the UK?

What is behind the latest fall in cases of Covid across the UK? Confirmed infections have dropped 21.5% week on week – though recorded deaths are still on the rise.

Is this how it ends? After an 18-month rollercoaster of soaring and falling cases, and more than 100,000 UK deaths, is the epidemic fizzling out? Has immunity finally got the upper hand, or will the sudden drop in Covid cases prove no more than a brief downturn? There are many moving parts behind the numbers and huge uncertainty over what happens next. The Guardian

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• Pfizer and Moderna expand their COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in children aged 5-11 The Daily Mail
• Covid: more EU states to restrict venue access for unvaccinated people The Guardian
• Shielders eight times more likely to get Covid-19, study suggests The Independent
• Covid: Dangerous new variants will emerge unless rich countries share vaccines, UK adviser warns The Independent
• NHS vaccine helpline to be set up for people denied Covid passport due to errors iNews