In the headlines
“No shutdown!” says the Daily Express, following Boris Johnson’s declaration that England can “ride out” the Omicron wave without further restrictions. Ending weeks of speculation, Novak Djokovic has been exempted from vaccination rules to play at the Australian Open. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the tennis player, a vocal vaccine sceptic, will be “on the next plane home” if his evidence for the exemption doesn’t pass muster. Good thing he’s not playing in France, where President Emmanuel Macron says his strategy is to “piss off” the unvaccinated with onerous restrictions. Proposed legislation will mean only the fully vaccinated will be allowed in cafes, restaurants and other indoor public spaces. A family trip to the Natural History Museum ice rink ended badly for Rishi Sunak when the Chancellor toppled over and flattened his daughter, says the Daily Mirror. “Squishy Rishi.”