Chinese ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang barred from Parliament
World | September 15, 2021 10:37 ISTThe move came shortly after Britain, the U.S., Canada and the European Union sanctioned Chinese officials over Xinjiang.
The move came shortly after Britain, the U.S., Canada and the European Union sanctioned Chinese officials over Xinjiang.
Only people who have been vaccinated in Britain can currently skip 10 days of quarantine when arriving from most of Europe or North America.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 4,800,907. It was the third consecutive day that Britain has reported more than 20,000 daily cases.
In a significant step amid the ongoing battle against Covid-19, the Britain's medicines regulator has appoved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for for adolescents aged 12 to 15 after a "rigorous review".
An 81-year-old pensioner in the UK who made history when he became the first man in the world to have the COVID-19 vaccination has died of an unrelated illness, the British media reported on Tuesday.
Britain's Prince Charles on Wednesday made an impassioned plea as he backed an emergency appeal launched by his charity, British Asian Trust, and urged people to help India as it copes with a "horrific" second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Britain lends help by sending ventilators, oxygen cylinders and other life-saving medical equipment for assistance to India
London will ship more than 600 pieces of equipment to New Delhi to support its fight against the virus, following a request from India
The United Kingdom added India to its Covid-19 travel ‘red list’ on Monday. From April 23 onwards, UK residents arriving from India will have to quarantine in a hotel for 11 nights. Others from India will not be able to travel to the UK at all.
Criminals continue to purchase high value assets, such as real estate, precious gems and jewellery to launder illicit funds, which are transferred from Pakistan to the UK and vice versa.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told journalists that the two cases of the new variant were "contacts of cases who have travelled" from the nation "over the past few weeks."
On December 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for more than 16 million people in London, south-eastern and eastern England as the region went into a new two-week lockdown on Sunday midnight.
On Saturday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions because of the new strain. Several European Union countries and Canada were banning or limiting some flights from the U.K. to try to limit any spread.
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for coronavirus on Wednesday was approved by UK, becoming the first country to approve it against COVID-19, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly novel coronavirus from as early as next week. The British regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA), says the jab, which claims to offer up to 95 per cent protection against COVID-19 illness, is safe for roll-out.
The retail empire of tycoon Philip Green, which owns well-known British fashion chains like Topshop, appears to be on the brink of collapse following the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
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 planning to bring in compulsory 14-day quarantine for all travellers arriving in the country from any part of the world, except the Republic of Ireland, as part of measures to track the spread of coronavirus, according to UK media reports.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in UK hospitals, care homes and the wider community rose by 315 to hit 28,446 on Sunday, the latest government figures revealed.
The British government says 759 more people with the coronavirus have died in U.K. hospitals, taking the total to 18,100.
British authorities on Saturday reported 888 more coronavirus deaths. The total number of deaths in the UK has come to 15,464. The daily death toll is 41 higher than that recorded on the previous day. Britain posted a record high daily death toll of 980 a week ago.
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