Britain

UK govt says vaccine roll-out passes 10 million

LONDON, United States (AFP) -- More than 10 million people have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine across…

England to step up testing after detecting 11 S.African variant cases

  by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Health officials said Monday they will urgently increase…

Britain opens visa scheme for millions of Hong Kongers

  by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Agence France Presse HONG Kong, China (AFP) -- A new visa scheme offering…

Germany threatens legal action over vaccine delays

  BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's government on Sunday threatened legal action against laboratories failing to deliver coronavirus vaccines to…

AstraZeneca hit by Covid jab delays and disagreements

  by Véronique DUPONT Agence France Presse Only a few weeks ago, Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was being applauded for…

EU backtracks on restricting vaccines to Northern Ireland

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- The EU backtracked Friday over threats to restrict vaccine exports to Northern Ireland after London…

EU approves AstraZeneca jab as worries grow over virus strains

  by Jan HENNOP with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse The European Union on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine…

UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British citizens returning home from roughly 30 countries deemed at "high risk" from new…

UK registers daily record of 1,820 coronavirus deaths: govt

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Wednesday announced 1,820 fatalities from Covid-19 in a 24-hour period, breaking the previous…

UK inflation jumps in December

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's annual inflation rate jumped in December partly on higher transport costs as Covid restrictions…

One in eight in England have had COVID-19: official data

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- An estimated 12 percent of people in England had been infected with coronavirus by…

UK expands virus vaccination campaign to over-70s

by Callum PATON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Monday extended its coronavirus vaccination campaign to people over the…

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