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[ad_1] Residence staff receive the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that mass coronavirus testing will be rolled out in secondary schools in parts of London, Essex and Kent, in response to the rising rate of infections there. The decision comes as level 3 appears …

[ad_1] Around 300 GPs are preparing to join the mass vaccination program against coronavirus next week. The launch of Pfizer / BioNTech began Tuesday in hospitals across the UK. Matt Hancock said later the same day that the first 800,000 doses are in locations across the UK and that the …

[ad_1] The UK has recorded 20,964 more cases of COVID-19, an increase of 4,386 compared to yesterday’s figure of 16,578. It is the highest daily increase since mid-November and brings the total number of infections during the pandemic to 1,787,783. Other 516 coronavirus-Related deaths have also been reported in the …

[ad_1] All high schools and universities in Wales will move to online learning from Monday, the Welsh Minister of Education said. Kirsty Williams said the move was part of a “national effort to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus.” And it comes after the country’s chief medical officer, Dr. Frank …

[ad_1] Coronavirus rates in England are now higher in London, but infections have stalled across the country, the latest figures show. The capital had the highest average infection rate in the country (191.8 per 100,000 people) during the week of November 30 to December 6, according to Public Health England’s …

[ad_1] Health Secretary Matt Hancock will lead a press conference on the coronavirus in Downing Street on Thursday afternoon. Professor Stephen Powis of the NHS England and Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, will join Hancock. It comes after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Tuesday that he was “very …

[ad_1] There have been another 50 deaths from coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours. Nicola Sturgeon also announced that 933 new COVID-19 cases were reported overnight, bringing the total number to 103,305. Sadly, the total death toll has risen to 4,039 since the start of the pandemic in …

[ad_1] Travel from the UK to the European continent could be disrupted as a result of coronavirus restrictions once the Brexit transition period ends, the foreign secretary said. The UK will no longer be a party to the European Union’s free movement rules after January 1. Only a small number …

[ad_1] Hancock said Dec. 8 that more hospitals would be added to the list that can begin vaccinating people “later today.” Responding to Conservative MP Holly Mumby-Croft, she said: “We started in 70 hospitals across the UK. Those are the ones that can best deal with the difficult logistics of …

[ad_1] Air pollution in many towns and cities across the UK now exceeds pre-pandemic levels, exacerbating the risk of Covid-19 and putting the health of millions of people at risk. A study published Thursday says that although air quality improved dramatically in the first half of the year when the …