Tag: Britain

• 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.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Johnson in intensive care; Raab deputizes; support from Trump and Macron

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, although his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  One million Brits claimed “universal credit” welfare payments in two weeks

  

  Almost one million people have claimed “universal credit” welfare payments in the UK in the past two weeks, exposing the massive economic hit from Boris Johnson's coronavirus lockdown.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:08 UTC

  UK scientists develop virus symptom tracker of patients losing sense of smell and taste

  

  Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

• Saturday, March 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Boris Johnson and Health minister Hancock test positive for Covid 19

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating at his Downing Street residence but said he would still lead the government's response to the accelerating outbreak.

• Friday, March 27th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  British charity and scientists training dogs to help detect Covid 19

  

  A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell, they said on Friday. Medical Detection Dogs will work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Durham University in northeast England to determine whether canines could help diagnoses.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Coronavirus: UK government’s new emergency powers explained, balancing liberty and necessity

  

  By Nicholas Clapham (*) – The UK government has introduced legislation as part of attempts to manage the coronavirus outbreak, handing the government wide-ranging powers to respond to a variety of emergency situations.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Covid 19 testing: Argentina offers to help Falklands, which has no identified cases yet

  

  Argentina on Monday said it had reached out to Britain`s ambassador in Buenos Aires to offer material support to the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

• Saturday, March 21st 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  London's support for Falklands to deal with the impacts of the pandemic

  

  In a display of support from London, the UK Government announced it is working closely with the Overseas Territories to ensure they receive the help that is necessary to face the challenge and consequences of Covid-19.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Boris asks UK industry to manufacture health equipment, and considers using hotels as hospitals if needed for the pandemic

  

  Britain has asked manufacturers including Ford, Honda and Rolls Royce to help make health equipment including ventilators to cope with the coronavirus outbreak and will look at using hotels as hospitals.