WHO criticises Boris Johnson’s mixed messages on Covid Freedom Day

It is “too early to be talking about massive relaxation or freedom”, a World Health Organisation special envoy on Covid-19 has said. Dr David Nabarro told Radio 4’s Today programme the “pandemic is advancing ferociously around the world” and that we haven’t “got through the worst of it” despite the vaccine rollout. He said: “Yes, relax, but don’t have these mixed messages about what’s going on. This dangerous virus hasn’t gone away, it’s variants are coming back and are threatening those who have already been vaccinated – we have to take it seriously.”