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UK creates brand new health unit to combat COVID-19, infectious diseases

6:49 pm August 18, 2020

London: The UK government on Tuesday confirmed the creation of a brand new “rigorous” science-led health unit to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases. The National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP), reports of which had emerged over the weekend, will start work immediately with a single command structure that brings together existing units such as Public Health England (PHE), National […]

Indian-origin physician wins award for COVID-19 work in UK

12:07 am August 18, 2020

London: An Indian-origin physician is among 19 winners of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service for exceptional engineering achievements in tackling COVID-19 throughout the UK. Ravi Solanki, a physician working on neurodegenerative diseases, along with Raymond Siems, an engineer working in machine learning, were awarded for their volunteer work to help build […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UK plans new specialist pandemic response health institute: Report

8:32 pm August 16, 2020

London: The UK government is planning to replace Public Health England (PHE) with a new specialist pandemic response institute based on a German model in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a media report on Sunday. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to announce a merger of the pandemic response work of […]

Prince Charles leads UK’s VJ Day World War II end commemoration

9:15 pm August 15, 2020

London: Britain’s Prince Charles on Saturday led the UK’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day – the day World War II ended with Japan‘s surrender in 1945. The 71-year-old heir to the British throne, joined by wife Camilla – Duchess of Cornwall, led a two-minute UK-wide silence from the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England as […]

On V-J Day, UK’s Johnson pays tribute to campaign’s veterans

8:09 pm August 15, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is paying tribute to veterans of the multinational World War II campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe. In an open V-J Day anniversary letter released Saturday and addressed to “Veterans of the Far East Campaign,” Johnson hailed the courage of […]