It comes as official data shows that 6.353 million people received their first COVID-19 jab in the UK. On Sunday, Britain recorded 30,004 new COVID-19 cases. The UK also registered a further 610 deaths in the latest 24-hour period. Ministers are currently contemplating
The vaccine has been hailed as a crucial pathway to ending restrictions and returning to normal life. The Government’s target is to vaccinate the top four priority groups, which equates to 15 million people, by mid-February. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said
Hundreds of people were spotted on Primrose Hill sledging and having snowball fights despite strict lockdown rules. Footage shared on social media sparked social distancing concerns as people flouted the Government’s message. Boris Johnson had urged Brits on Friday to stick to
The Prime Minister will be asking MPs to agree to the six month renewal of the Government’s so-called Henry VIII emergency powers to be able to impose restrictions at will to tackle the pandemic. But already senior MPs in his own party
Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyll in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a
China has been accused of imposing “extreme” lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19. This comes as chilling footage emerged this week showing a man being restrained and tied to a tree by epidemic control workers after he went outside for
China’s city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day coronavirus lockdown on Saturday while the pandemic continued to rage elsewhere, with President Joe Biden warning the US death toll could pass 600,000. Traffic hummed, sidewalks bustled, and
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to address the nation this afternoon following a week of soaring coronavirus cases and the highest daily death tolls since the pandemic began. Now data has shown several areas have seen a week-on-week rises in cases.
The new measure will target two districts which cover a small, but densely populated part of the Kowloon Peninsula. Hong Kong will place tens of thousands of its residents in a lockdown to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, the first
Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon has extended a hard lockdown by two weeks amid record-breaking numbers of COVID-related deaths and an unabated surge in the number of new cases that have stretched the country’s healthcare system to its limits. Meanwhile, a top health