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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday hit out at anti-vaccine groups who spread "mumbo jumbo" on social media but ruled out the UK following some European countries in making Covid-19 vaccination a mandatory legal requirement.…
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Restrictions imposed in the wake of the omicron coronavirus variant have “wiped out” much of a recent recovery enjoyed by UK bricks-and-mortar stores, the British Retail Consortium revealed Friday. Much of the progress made in late 2021…
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Britain reported record Covid-19 prevalence for the last week of 2021 on Wednesday, with one in 15 people in England infected. The increasing number of cases has put huge strains on public services such as hospitals, which face staff…
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Boris Johnson’s government said every adult in England has had the chance to receive a Covid-19 vaccine booster, the critical part of its strategy for tackling the fast-spreading omicron variant. More than 28.1 million people in England…
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The Covid-19 situation in the United Kingdom and the United States is becoming worrying with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus fuelling infections and becoming the primary reason for the spike in daily cases. Both countries have seen…
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Foreign social care workers, care assistants and home care workers, including from India, will soon be eligible for a UK Health and Care Visa for a 12-month period as part of temporary measures to meet shortages in the sector. The British…
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The British government said Thursday it won’t introduce any new coronavirus restrictions until after Christmas, and called early studies on the severity of the omicron variant encouraging. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said two studies…
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On Wednesday, December 22, the United Kingdom recorded the highest number of cases since the start of the pandemic and as per the British health chief, cases will only increase in the coming days. The UK has a population of approximately…
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An Israeli hospital on Tuesday confirmed the first known death in the country believed to be caused by Omicron, the latest variant of SARS-CoV-2, which has brought back 2020-like restrictions across the world. With Isreal, now there are…
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the government has no plans of issuing tougher Covid-19 restrictions despite a surge in cases of the Omicron variant. "We don't think today that there is enough evidence to justify any…
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