Tag: Boris Johnson

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Britain now has second highest official COVID-19 death toll in Europe

  

  Britain now has Europe's second-highest official COVID-19 death toll with more than 26,000, according to figures published on Wednesday that raised questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson's response to the outbreak.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie gave birth to a boy; Queen sends a private message of good wishes

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancée, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy at a London hospital on Wednesday, slightly earlier than had been expected. Symonds, 32, had said previously that their baby was due in the early summer. Johnson, 55, whose country is facing its worst health crisis since the 1918 influenza outbreak, will take a short period of paternity leave later in the year.

• Monday, April 27th 2020 - 07:35 UTC

  Boris Johnson back at Downing Street: several urgent challenging decisions awaiting

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to his Downing Street residence on Sunday after recovering from COVID-19, ready to take the helm again with pressure growing for the government to explain how it will ease a month-old coronavirus lockdown.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  UK and EU resume a week long round of Brexit trade talks; IMF concern, urges extension of deadline

  

  British and European Union (EU) officials restarted on Monday a week-long round of Brexit trade talks after a break because of the coronavirus, which is making an end-of-year deal look even more unlikely. After a first-round in early March negotiations were suspended for six weeks as officials focused on the deadly virus sweeping Europe.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Boris Johnson “on top of things”, says government; but where is he? asks the media

  

  The British government insisted on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “on top of things” as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis.

• Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  UK extends lockdown measures for at least another three weeks

  

  Lockdown measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom will be extended for at least three more weeks. Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the decision before Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab officially revealed the extension at the daily Downing Street briefing on Thursday.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  “UK not past the virus peak”, so no lifting of lockdown anytime soon, Raab

  

  The British government warned on Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives.

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Boris Johnson leaves hospital, thanks nurses, praises NHS, but ministers under fire as UK death toll is over 10.000

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the hospital on Sunday and thanked the staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10,000.

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Portuguese president praises Porto nurse Luis who cared for Boris Johnson

  

  Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Sunday expressed his thanks to a Portuguese nurse who had tended to coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care, according to a statement by the presidency.

• Friday, April 10th 2020 - 14:52 UTC

  Boris Johnson ends three days in intensive care; Raab and cabinet discuss extending lockdown until end of April

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was recovering in a hospital ward on Friday after ending three days in intensive care for COVID-19, as his government urged Britons to stay at home over Easter.