Tag: Matt Hancock

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Covid-19 new mutant strain “out of control” in the UK

  

  British Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned the new mutant strain of the coronavirus is “out of control” and suggested parts of England will be stuck in the new highest tier of restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  New variant of Covid-19 has emerged in UK, reports WHO

  

  The World Health Organization is aware of a new variant of Covid-19 that has emerged in Britain, but there is no evidence the strain behaves differently to existing types of the virus, it said on Monday.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  PM Johnson admits to be vaccinated on television show, “but will not jump the queue”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID-19 vaccination on television to show it is safe but he would not have one before those in greater need, his press secretary said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Johnson yields to Parliament rebellion over powers to introduce more coronavirus restrictions

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government defused a rebellion on Wednesday over its sweeping powers to introduce coronavirus restrictions, promising angry lawmakers more say over the introduction over any new national measures.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  British government pledges stockpiles of protective items for health workers

  

  The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 07:42 UTC

  Most people catch Covid-19 in house to house transmission, UK Health secretary Hancock

  

  Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission, health secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (Aug 19).

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Covid-19 daily death count controversy in the UK

  

  The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  British hospitals will have tests to detect Covid-19 in 90 minutes

  

  Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country's health minister said on Monday.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  UK to test 20.000 households for COVID-19 to establish how fast the disease has spread

  

  Britain's government plans to test a sample of 20,000 English households for COVID-19 in the coming weeks to try to establish how far the disease has spread across the country.

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  What if Boris Johnson is incapacitated? Who runs government?

  

  Britain's constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on many Britons' minds: What happens if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in hospital after persistent symptoms of coronavirus, cannot continue to lead.