Uk Covid

• COVID-19 cases on the rise in older adults in England: study

  Britain has the second-highest COVID-19 pandemic death toll in Europe after Russia, with over 162,000 confirmed virus-related deaths.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2022
  
• U.K. police now investigating COVID-19 lockdown parties at Downing Street

  London police is probing several events at Downing Street because they met the force's criteria for investigating the “most serious and flagrant” breaches of COVID-19 rules.

  World

  Jan 25, 2022
  
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• Boris Johnson fights to shore up support against leadership challenge over lockdown parties

  Johnson has repeatedly apologized for a series of gatherings held by government staff amid COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, and said that he didn't know about many of the events.

  World

  Jan 19, 2022
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• Boris Johnson denies lying over ‘bring your own booze’ lockdown parties

  “Nobody told me that what we were doing was against the rules,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson told British broadcasters on Tuesday.

  World

  Jan 18, 2022
• Omicron strains U.K. health services, but no new measures to slow spread: PM Johnson

  The highly transmissible Omicron variant has sent Great Britain's daily new caseload soaring over Christmas and the New Year, officials indicate.

  World

  Jan 3, 2022
• U.K. health officials build up hospital capacity to prepare for Omicron surge

  The United Kingdom reported a record 183,037 confirmed new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, 32 per cent more than the previous day.

  World

  Dec 30, 2021
• 1 in 10 people in London, U.K. likely infected with COVID-19: estimates

  Nearly one in 10 people in London are infected with COVID-19, according to new estimates from the U.K.'s Bureau of National Statistics.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2021
• U.K. eyes COVID-19 road map that avoids lockdowns, steps up vaccines for youth

  Boris Johnson's Conservative government is hoping that widespread vaccinations, rather than restrictions, will keep COVID-19 infections in check.

  World

  Sep 13, 2021
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• Fully vaccinated Canadians excluded from new U.K. quarantine exception rules

  The U.K. announced Wednesday that fully vaccinated travellers in the U.S. or Europe will not have to quarantine on arrival to the country.

  World

  Jul 28, 2021
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• ‘Extremely high risk’: Hong Kong bans passenger flights from U.K. over Delta variant

  It is the second time that the Hong Kong government has banned flights from the U.K., following a restriction imposed last December.

  World

  Jun 28, 2021