Although many classrooms re-opened in England on Monday, Matt Hancock said that the falling death rates mean the government has been able to make some cautious changes to the lockdown rules safely and carefully. He said, “ the data show that we are winning the battle against coronavirus”. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association…
2.2 million people shielding in their homes under coronavirus lockdown can go outside for the first time on Monday, the UK government confirms. Scientific advisers to the government worried about the risk of lifting the lockdown in England too soon. UK’s coronavirus testing capacity surpasses 200, 000 beating the government’s target. The UK’s official Covid-19…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says employers must start sharing the cost of the Furlough Scheme from August 2020 and will finish at the end of October 2020. From August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions then 10 per cent of pay from September, rising to 20 per cent in October. Workers will be allowed…
US President Donald Trump has said that the US is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO). He added that the US will redirect funds from WHO to other organisations. “China has total control over WHO despite only paying $40m a year compared to what US has been paying which is approximately 4450m…
The monkey runs away with COVID-19 blood samples for suspected coronavirus patients in Meerut. The video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree. A monkey attacked a lab technician on the campus of a medical school in India and ran away with blood samples from three patients infected withCovid-19.…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says groups of up to six people will be able to meet outside in England from Monday. They can meet in gardens, in parks as long as households keep two meters apart. “These changes means friends and family will start to meet loved ones” in what would be a “long-awaited and…
A team of 25, 000 contact tracers are tracking down close contacts of people with coronavirus and will be told to self-isolate under a new scheme in England and Scotland. Tracers will text, email, or call people who test positive with coronavirus and ask who they have had contact with. Any of these contacts deemed…
Travellers to the UK need to tell the government where they will quarantine and face enforcement through random spot checks and £1, 000 fines in England if they do not comply. Lorry drivers, seasonal farmworkers, coronavirus medics, and those travelling from the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands will be exempt. If a person…
Coronavirus R rate is close to one according to Sir Patrick Vallance but warns us to be cautious as new cases could start to rise again. The UK coronavirus death toll has reached 36, 393 people, an increase of 351 fatalities. Britain’s 2.6 million Muslims are preparing to celebrate one of their biggest Eid al…