Category: Matt Hancock

UK Government Won’t Know When to Ease Restrictions Until Vaccine Impact Becomes Apparent

The government needs to assess the impact of the vaccines before they can say more about when to ease the restrictions to curb the CCP virus, the UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday. Hancock was asked when the restrictions can be eased during a televised briefing where he updated the nation on the…


Don’t Push the Boundaries Around Exercise Rules, Says Hancock

People can take a walk for seven miles from their home but shouldn’t push the boundaries around the exercise rule, the UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday. Speaking at a televised briefing, Hancock said the rules allow outdoor exercise with one other person, two metres apart. “We’ve been seeing large groups, and that…


Prime Minister Warns Against ‘Complacency’ as UK Sets out Vaccination Plan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday warned against “false complacency” as the UK government set out its plan for the largest vaccination programme in British history. In the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan, published on Monday, the government said that tens of millions of people will be immunised against the CCP virus by the…


UK to Roll out CCP Virus Tests for Asymptomatic People

Rapid regular CCP virus testing for people without symptoms will be made available across England starting this week, the UK government said on Sunday. Local authorities are encouraged to prioritise people who cannot work from home during the lockdown in their community testing drive, the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement….


UK Approves Moderna CCP Virus Vaccine

The UK government on Friday authorised the Moderna CCP virus vaccine, which became the third vaccine to be approved after the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs. Regulatory approval was granted by the UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). A “thorough and rigorous” assessment had been conducted by scientists, who reviewed all…


London Field Hospital on Standby: Health Secretary

A field hospital in London will be on standby in case the National Health Service (NHS) is overwhelmed, UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday, as London reportedly risks running out of beds within two weeks. Projections leaked to the Health Service Journal suggested that even if the number of COVID-19 patients increased at…


Britons Urged to Celebrate New Year at Home

The UK government is encouraging people to stay at home on New Year’s Eve to stem the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The government has been running a public information advertising campaign entitled “See in the new year safely at home” until the end of New Year’s Eve. The government campaign has…


Three Quarters of English Population in Tier 4 From Thursday

Three-quarters of England’s population will be put into tier four, and almost all of England will be in tiers three and four from Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Parliament on Wednesday. According to the list published on the government’s website on Wednesday, the Isle of Scilly, with a population of over 2,000, will remain in…


UK Approves Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

Britain approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Wednesday, which was hailed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “a triumph for British science.” The government said it had accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Experts at the MHRA concluded that the vaccine had met its strict standards of…


UK Becomes First to Approve Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

Britain approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Wednesday, which was hailed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “a triumph for British science.” The government said it had accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Experts at the MHRA concluded that the vaccine had met its strict standards of…