Debate has been raging this week about whether the government should delay lifting Covid restrictions completely on June 21 as planned, amid worries that we may be seeing the start of a ‘third wave’ of infections. The latest data show that there were 4,330 new cases of Covid in the UK recorded on June 2 - and 25,240 new cases in the week up to then.That was a rise of almost 35 per cent on the week before. There were also 12 deaths recorded on June 2 - though earlier in the week, the UK recorded the first day without any Covid deaths since March 2020. PM Boris Johnson insists that there is ‘nothing in the data at the moment’ to prevent Covid-19 restrictions being lifted as planned on June 21. But experts remain divided over the issue.
We routinely vaccinate children against diseases such as measles and even the flu - so should we think about vaccinating them against Covid? York GP Dr David Fair, top right, thinks that s a debate we need to have A SENIOR York GP says the UK will have to start thinking seriously about whether to vaccinate children against coronavirus. The evidence suggests most young people under 18 will not become seriously ill from the virus, says Dr David Fair of the Jorvik Medical Practice - so being vaccinated won’t directly benefit them unless they’re vulnerable. But vaccinating children would benefit society at large, Dr Fair said. “From the epidemiological viewpoint it makes sense to cover the whole population. It will be difficult to eliminate the virus if you have 10-15 million children walking around and infecting each-other. That would be a huge reservoir for infection to spread.”
Main image: a quiet Coney Street during lockdown. Top right: Angus McArthur and his partner David Bloodworth in the York Ghost Merchants. Bottom right: at work in the Ghost Merchants workshop
York should go back to the future to save the high street, says a York businessman who s made a success of doing just that. Angus McArthur, who owns York Ghost Merchants on Shambles with partner David Bloodworth, says what the city needs is more independent small businesses making unique, hand-made products. Ideally, each business would have a shop down below - and a small workshop above making goods for sale. It could be jewellery, clothes or candles, Mr McArthur says - or, in the case of York Ghost Merchants, tiny ghost figurines that, over the last couple of years, have become prized collectibles.
First York drives bid to boost York s post-lockdown recovery yorkpress.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorkpress.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
YORK city centre at 3pm on Wednesday afternoon was an odd mix of busy and quiet; like a sleeping giant just beginning to awaken from a long slumber A few ‘essential’ shops - shops like Boots and Barnitts - were open. And outside Stam and Maria’s cafe on the corner of Parliament Street and Shambles market, a polite, socially distanced queue had formed for takeaway coffee. But the crowds were thin, and the people who had been drawn to the city centre were wandering around in a lost, aimless sort of way - the way people do in a normally busy city centre where most things are closed.