A top advisor to British PM Boris Johnson faced fresh allegations Sunday that he had breached coronavirus lockdown rules for a second time. The British govt had on Saturday rejected calls to sack Dominic Cummings over allegations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules by travelling across the country while displaying symptoms of the disease.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to sack his top aide after reports emerged about him breaching the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown rules by travelling to his parents' home.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday said that immigration rules were "under review" when asked if foreign workers in the NHS and social care could be made eligible for citizenship. Patel did not however directly answer whether offering NHS and social care "heroes" UK's citizenship would be a better thanks than weekly claps. A surcharge for foreign NHS workers was brought to an end on Thursday.
British PM Boris Johnson faced calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after reports that he broke lockdown rules by travelling 400 km while ill with Covid-19 symptoms. Cummings travelled to Durham in northern England in late March, when a strict lockdown was already in place.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end UK's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports in light of the coronavirus outbreak, The Times newspaper reported on Friday.
The British government pledged Wednesday to bring lawmakers back to the green benches of Parliament and have a “test, track and trace” program for the coronavirus in place by June 1, hoping to persuade the country that it's time to cautiously start to emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown.
Hundred-year-old British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted after raising nearly $40 million for healthcare charities, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling him a "beacon of light" during the coronavirus pandemic.
New figures for England and Wales brought the death toll to at least 42,990, a Reuters tally showed, including earlier data from Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well recent hospital deaths in England.
Britain should set up "travel bubbles" with low-risk countries to allow the movement of people, instead of bringing in new coronavirus quarantine rules when flights restart, according to Heathrow Airport.
British health officials added loss of taste and smell to their coronavirus symptoms list on Monday after experts warned cases were being missed.
Britain has hired most of the 18,000 contact tracers it needs for a testing and tracking program it plans to roll out next month when lockdown restrictions are eased further. The contact tracers will track down anyone who has been in close contact with those testing positive for COVID-19. Authorities have also been testing a smartphone tracing app to help with the effort.
