Britain Coronavirus

• U.K. eyes late spring resumption of international travel as COVID-19 rules ease

  Under a proposed traffic light system, restrictions like mandatory quarantine and testing will apply differently depending on which category of country a passenger arrives from.

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  Apr 9, 2021
  
• U.K. eases some COVID-19 restrictions, but nervously eyes surge in European cases

  Britain is taking another small step out of lockdown as it looks nervously at a new COVID-19 surge inundating its European neighbours.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2021
  
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• Britain to allow coronavirus vaccine mixing on rare occasions

  Mary Ramsay, head of immunisations at Public Health England, said this would only happen on extremely rare occasions.

  Health

  Jan 2, 2021
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• Britain must vaccinate 2 million a week to prevent third coronavirus wave: study

  The British government said on Thursday that 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine since inoculations began.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2020
• U.K. to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus mutations, travel restrictions

  Countries across the world have halted air travel to the U.K. while France has banned trucks from entering for a period of 48 hours while the new variant is assessed.

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  Dec 21, 2020
• U.K. to assess AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as questions swirl over data

  U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he had asked the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to determine whether the vaccine ``meets rigorous safety standards.''

  Health

  Nov 26, 2020
• U.K. sees early signs coronavirus infections levelling off amid new lockdown

  The British government's main scientific advisory group said the virus' reproduction rate dipped even before the latest lockdown.

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  Nov 13, 2020
• New rules and shutdowns sweep across Europe as coronavirus cases rise

  In Germany, restaurants, bars, theatres, cinemas, gyms and other leisure facilities closed in a four-week "wave-breaker" shutdown.

  Nov 2, 2020
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• U.K. PM to urge people to work from home if they can as coronavirus cases spike

  Boris Johnson will also order all pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues across England to start closing early.

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  Sep 22, 2020
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• U.K. headed for massive spike in coronavirus cases, top advisers warn

  "We have, in a very bad sense, literally turned a corner," after weeks of rising infections, said Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty.

  World

  Sep 21, 2020