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No fall in COVID infections despite lockdown, finds UK study

10:35 pm January 21, 2021

London: A large number of people remain infected with the coronavirus in England and the rate of new infections was not dropping even 10 days into the latest stay-at-home lockdown, an ongoing government-backed study said on Thursday. The Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) study into the country’s COVID-19 infections, show that infections increased […]

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to General Practice services in UK

8:41 pm January 7, 2021

London : Supplies of the Oxford University vaccine produced by AstraZeneca began expanding to General Practice (GP) led services in the UK from Thursday to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19, the British government said. As part of a phased rollout since the jabs received regulatory approval last month, the vaccine has been […]

UK police to get stricter with fines for COVID-19 lockdown breaches

8:06 pm January 6, 2021

London: The UK police will get stricter with its enforcement of the new nationwide lockdown that legally came into force on Wednesday and have urged the public to fully comply with the rules, which call for people to stay at home except for limited reasons to be outdoors. Scotland Yard said people in “obvious, wilful and […]

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

Boris Johnson promises daily vaccine updates as daily COVID-19 cases top 60,000 for 1st time

11:58 pm January 5, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised to give daily updates on the country’s vaccination programme to protect the most vulnerable groups from COVID-19 as the daily coronavirus infections hit a new record figure of 60,196 for the first time since the pandemic began last year. Addressing a press briefing from 10 Downing Street here a day […]

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

7:40 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 […]