National Health Service

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM delays COVID lockdown end by 4 weeks to July 19

12:01 am June 15, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed a four-week delay to an end to all legal lockdown restrictions, which was previously set for June 21, as he said the link between coronavirus infections and hospitalisations remains at concerning levels due to the Delta variant. The last and fourth stage of the lockdown roadmap, dubbed “Freedom Day”, will now […]

2 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses 85-90 per cent effective, real-world study finds

3:26 pm May 21, 2021

London: Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine have shown to prevent around 85 to 90 per cent of symptomatic COVID-19 infections, the first real-world data from Public Health England (PHE) has found. The method used for the ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance Report’ by PHE for analysing the approximate number of deaths and hospitalisations prevented by the vaccine programme was able to take into […]

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

Schools, colleges reopen in 1st step of UK’s lockdown easing

8:27 pm March 8, 2021

London : Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the “national effort” that has gone into fighting against coronavirus as schools and colleges opened on Monday to mark the step one in the UK’s phased roadmap to lift strict lockdown restrictions in place for months to control the spread of COVID-19. Secondary schools and colleges will be inviting students for their […]

UK COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to over-60s in latest phase

11:21 am February 28, 2021

London: The UK’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 enters a new phase on Sunday as the National Health Service (NHS) will begin contacting all over-60s to book their jabs at the nearest vaccination centre or with a general practitioner (GP) or pharmacy. Almost 2 million people aged 60 to 63 will be invited after over 64s had been […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Wockhardt UK vaccine plant back in operation after ‘suspicious package made safe’

11:53 pm January 27, 2021

London: A“suspicious package” which had caused a temporary manufacturing pause on Wednesday at a vaccine production facility of India-headquartered bio-pharmaceutical major Wockhardt in the UK has now been ”made safe” after an investigation by the local police. The factory, located at Wrexham Industrial Estate in North Wales, operates a fill-finish production line for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 after an agreement was […]

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