UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after a meeting with a Member of Parliament who later tested positive for COVID-19, Downing Street said.
Addressing a briefing from 10 Downing Street on Saturday, Johnson said there was no choice but to be humble in the face of nature" and unless tough action is taken now the peak of mortality in the country could be even greater than the first wave triggering a medical and moral disaster.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned it may be "bumpy through to Christmas" and beyond as the UK deals with coronavirus. Speaking at a BBC program, the PM said there was "hope" in beating Covid, but called on the public to "act fearlessly but with common sense".
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a special reference to India's role in the manufacture and access to one of the most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates currently undergoing trials during his address to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
"We're now seeing a second wave coming in... clearly we are going to keep everything under review." Johnson said, adding that it was "inevitable" that coronavirus would hit the country again, Xinhua reported.
Small groups of fans were due to attend horse racing, cricket and snooker in the coming days as part of pilot events with coronavirus prevention measures but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reversed course on Friday.
No fans have been allowed at stadiums since sports resumed in the country in June
Pubs and cafes are set to open in the country from July 4 but recreational cricket and club cricket in England hasn't received permission to go ahead yet.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to put the country on a diet as part of a wider strategy to counter obesity, seen as a major risk factor in those impacted by coronavirus.
Johnson had said that the cricket ball is a "natural vector of disease" and hence recreational cricket cannot be allowed to resume.
Johnson's comments came in response to a question from Member of Parliament Greg Clarke in the House of Commons
Man Utd footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign for free meals for needy children paid off after Boris Johnson agreed to keep funding pupils over the summer holidays.
As 118 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country rose to 36,793 on Sunday. The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
The chief adviser to the UK prime minister came under further pressure late on Saturday amid new revelations about his apparent flouting of the government's virus lockdown restrictions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to sack his top aide after reports that he breached the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown rules by travelling to his parents’ home.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday did a U-turn as he ordered his Cabinet ministers to work out an exemption of a surcharge on foreign medics, including Indians, working in the UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the lockdown in the country will remain imposed at least till June 1 and it will be after that the easing phase of the shutdown will commence.
The UK is set to modify its “Stay At Home” social distancing message to curb the spread of coronavirus to “Stay Alert” as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to deliver a key address to the nation later on Sunday.
Boris Johnson has become the first British Prime Minister to divorce while in office in 250 years as papers filed by his Indian-origin ex-wife Marina Wheeler earlier this year were granted recently.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that contingency plans were made while he was fighting for his life against coronavirus. He also said that liters and liters of oxygen was need to get him 'back on his feet'.
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