Category: Matt Hancock

UK Search for Missing Brazilian Variant Case Narrows to 379 Households

The search for the missing case of the Brazilian CCP virus variant has narrowed down to just 379 households in southeast England, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. Authorities said on Sunday that six cases of the Brazilian variant had been found in the UK, three in England and three in Scotland. But…


PM Defends Border Measures as UK Hunts for Missing Patient With Brazilian Variant

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended England’s COVID-19 border measures after the government revealed that it could not identify a person who had tested positive for the Brazilian variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Authorities said on Sunday that six cases of the Brazilian variant had been found in the UK, three…


UK Seeks Missing Patient With Brazilian COVID Variant as PM Defends Border Measures

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended England’s COVID-19 border measures after the government revealed that it could not identify a person who had tested positive for the Brazilian variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Authorities said on Sunday that six cases of the Brazilian variant had been found in the UK, three…


Nearly 70,000 CCP Virus Lockdown Fines Handed out in England and Wales

British police have handed out nearly 70,000 fines in England and Wales for breaches of CCP virus restrictions since the pandemic began, new figures show. Statistics released by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on Thursday show that police in England and Wales issued a total of 68,952 fixed penalty notices for lockdown breaches up…


UK Lowers CCP Virus Alert Level as Pressure on Hospitals Recedes

The chief medical officers of all four nations of the United Kingdom agreed on Thursday to lower the CCP virus alert level from level five to level four, citing the receding threat to health services. The decision was reached “following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre and in the light of the most recent data,”…


UK to Conduct Review on ‘Vaccine Passports’: Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revived the idea of issuing “vaccine passports” for domestic use, promising a review into the possibility despite having ruled it out just a week ago. On a visit to a south London school on Tuesday, Johnson said while there’s “no question” many countries will require proof of vaccination against…


UK to Allow Some Care Home Visits in England as Lockdown Eased

The British government announced on Saturday that it is loosening restrictions on care home visits in England as part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. For months, care home residents have only been able to see loved ones outdoors or through screens. But from March 8, they will be able…


CCP Virus Infections Continue to Drop Across UK

CCP virus infection rates have continued to decrease across the UK, the latest figures from Britain’s official statistics agency show. The number of people who tested positive for the virus in the community dropped during the seven days up to Feb. 12, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released on Friday. In…


UK Study Reports Strong Decline in CCP Virus in England

CCP virus infections in England have fallen significantly since January, according to a study data published on Thursday. Imperial College London’s latest REACT-1 study report found that CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections fell by more than two-thirds from the last report in January. Swab results recorded between Feb. 4 and 13 from volunteers showed…


Hotel Quarantine Comes Into Force in UK

New rules requiring some incoming passengers to quarantine in hotels came into force in the UK on Monday morning. The UK government announced the measure earlier this month in order to prevent variants of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, from entering the country. From Monday, people arriving in…