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The UK has recorded more than 37,000 Covid infections amid fears over the ‘Nu’ variant which has now reached Europe. Data released by the Department of Health this afternoon shows a further 37,681 recorded infections in the latest 24 hour period. That is a 5.8 percent decrease on last Sunday’s total of 40,004 positive cases. While a further 51 people ...

Boris Johnson announced the restrictions after it was confirmed that two Omicron cases had been detected in Brentwood, Essex, and Nottingham. Officials said the cases were linked and connected to travel in southern Africa, where the new variant was first identified. The health secretary is expected to outline how and when new Covid measures will come into force in the ...

The UK recorded 39,567 Covid cases and 131 deaths on Saturday, according to the latest daily figures. It is lower than Friday’s total of 50,091 but higher than last Saturday’s tally of 34,539. The rise in cases brings the total to 10,110,408 since the beginning of the pandemic, while 144,724 deaths have been reported. Elsewhere, a further 351,195 third doses ...

The UK has recorded 50,091 Covid infections and 160 deaths on Friday, according to the latest figures. On this day last week, 157 deaths within 28 days of a positive test and 44,242 daily cases were recorded in the UK. Case numbers show an 11.6 per cent rise in the last seven-day period, and a 1.8 per cent increase in ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asking France to immediately start taking back all migrants who land in England after crossing the Channel, after at least 27 died when their boat foundered off Calais. Taking back migrants “would significantly reduce — if not stop — the crossings, saving thousands of lives by fundamentally ...

Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South Africa detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations. “The early indication we have of this variant is it may be more transmissible than the Delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it,” Health Secretary ...

More than 10 million coronavirus cases have been recorded in Britain since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official figures released Thursday. The country reported another 47,240 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,021,497. Britain also recorded another 147 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related ...

The UK recorded 42,484 Covid cases and 165 deaths on Tuesday, according to the latest figures. It marks a significant rise on the 45 fatalities recorded on Monday, though cases have fallen from 44,917. Infections have increased 14 per cent in a week, though fatalities are down 30 per cent. The total number of infections since the beginning of the ...

UK registered 44,917 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,889,926, according to official figures released Monday. The country also reported a further 45 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 143,972, with 8,024 COVID-19 patients still in hospital. The latest data came as British Prime Minister ...

Queen Elizabeth II attended the christenings of her latest two great-grandsons on Sunday, her second appearance in less than a week that follows several cancelled engagements over the last month for health reasons. The 95-year-old monarch was pictured in a lime green jacket and hat seated inside a Range Rover as she came and went from the double royal christening ...