Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  End of “Greg Mortimer” cruise ordeal: last fifteen passengers flying to US and UK

  

  The final leg of the humanitarian repatriation of passengers on board an Antarctic cruise, stranded in Uruguay and most of them testing positive for coronavirus, ended Wednesday afternoon when they boarded in Uruguay's Carrasco international airport a sanitary charter to Miami.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  A 106-year-old great granny “beats” coronavirus and anxious to see her family

  

  A 106-year-old great-grandmother, thought to be the oldest patient in Britain to beat the novel coronavirus, was discharged from hospital to applause from nurses and health workers.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Morrisons supermarkets gives NHS workers a 10% discount support

  

  Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket group, said it is giving National Health Service (NHS) workers a 10% discount to support them through the coronavirus crisis. It is the first of Britain's 'Big Four' to give a monetary discount to 1.5 million NHS workers, who have already been offered priority shopping hours by market leader Tesco, Sainsbury's, Walmart owned Asda and Morrisons.

• 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.

• Friday, April 10th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Falklands anticipates a “more aggressive” coronavirus testing strategy

  

  The Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Rebecca Edwards, confirmed that a “more aggressive” coronavirus testing strategy will be employed once tests can be carried out in the Falklands.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Boris Johnson remains in intensive care with his condition “improving”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition was said to be “improving” on Wednesday, as he spent a third day in intensive care battling COVID-19. The disease has struck at the heart of the British government, infected more than 60,000 people across nationwide and killed more than 7,000.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 18:30 UTC

  BAS ends Antarctic season and organizing the return: chartered ship will leave Falklands for UK 3 May

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has announced exceptional plans to repatriate scientists, support teams and construction workers as they complete their Antarctic summer field season work.