United Kingdom
The comments come after England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said there were still risks to reopening society.
The UK-wide figure is estimated to be between 0.6 and 0.8.
Executive director Ian Murray sparked a backlash when he claimed the UK media was "not bigoted" in the wake of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview.
More than 160 journalists have signed an open letter in protest of the "laughable" claim by the Society of Editors.
A surge in overseas holiday bookings from over-50s could spark an intergenerational divide.
All holidaymakers will have to have had two doses of the jab, but no mention of whether or not unvaccinated children will be allowed to travel.
Boris Johnson boasts Britain has "one of the toughest border regimes anywhere in the world." So what do we know about what went wrong?
Variegated map of UK suggests behaviour change needed from politicians not just the public.
The criteria will inform Boris Johnson's government as to when further easing of restrictions can be introduced.
Official figures estimate the UK-wide reproduction number is between 0.6 and 0.9.