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UK offers virtual tours for people amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 27 (ANI): Britain's famous tourist attractions, including palaces and castles galleries and zoos, have closed their doors to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK just weeks behind Italy in coronavirus outbreak, warns Boris Johnson
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London[UK], Mar 26 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the country's NHS risks becoming "overwhelmed" by the coronavirus outbreak and that the situation in Britain is just two or three weeks behind Italy.
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Scientists urge UK govt to impose 'restrictive measure'" as COVD-19 cases
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists in the United Kingdom have urged the government to take "more restrictive measures" to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country as cases in Britain surged to 1,372 as of Sunday morning, an increase of 232 over the last 24 hours.
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47 new coronavirus cases confirmed in UK, total infections stand at 163
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 7 (Xinhua/ANI): Britain has confirmed 47 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the country's total number of infections to 163, according to the country's health authorities.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in UK reaches 51: Health Secretary
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom on Tuesday reached 51, according to Health Secretary Matthew Hancock.
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British PM Boris Johnson, girlfriend Carrie Symonds engaged, expecting bab
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 1 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, are expecting a child this summer, a spokeswoman for the couple announced on Saturday.
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Over 37,500 Indians receive UK student visa in 2019, marking 93 pc increas
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Over 37,500 Indian students received a Tier 4 (study) visa to the United Kingdom in 2019 -- a 93 per cent increase from the previous year, marking Indians as the fastest-growing nationality for student visa applications to Britain, as per the latest UK Immigr
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Four IRGC, three Syrian soldiers killed in missile attack
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 15 (ANI): At least four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and three Syrian soldiers were killed in a missile attack launched from Israel, Times of Israel reported citing a Britain based Syrian civil war monitor.
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More coronavirus cases 'highly likely' in UK as London confirms first case
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 13 (ANI): More cases of the new strain of coronavirus are highly likely to be reported in the United Kingdom, country's health officials have warned, as they confirmed the ninth case of the deadly virus, involving a woman who flew into the country from China -- the epicentre
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UK reports 4th case of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 9 (ANI): The UK Health authorities on Sunday confirmed the fourth case of coronavirus in the country, involving a person who was a "known contact of a previously confirmed UK case" and caught the virus in France.
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Karen Pierce appointed Britain's new Ambassador to US
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 7 (ANI): Senior British diplomat Karen Pierce has been appointed the country's new Ambassador to the United States, becoming the first woman to ever hold the post, UK's Foreign Office announced on Friday.
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Philip Barton appointed Britain's new High Commissioner to India
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 6 (ANI): Britain announced on Thursday it has appointed Philip Barton as its new High Commissioner to India, in succession to Dominic Asquith.
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