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Former UK chancellor named new health secretary
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid was appointed health secretary after the resignation of Matt Hancock on Saturday, Downing Street said.
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UK health secretary quits after admitting breaking COVID norms
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after admitting that he broke COVID-19 social distancing guidelines when he was pictured kissing his adviser, which reportedly caused an outrage in the country.
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UK reports another 5,341 coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported another 5,341 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,516,892, according to official figures released on Sunday.
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UK to add India on COVID-19 travel 'red list'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 19 (ANI): The United Kingdom is adding India to its travel "red list" on a precautionary basis after reporting 103 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday.
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developers claim that it reduces COVID-19 trans
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 4 (ANI): As per a report by developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, claimed that it can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 virus, reported The Washington Post.
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UK registers highest single-day Covid-19 death toll with 1,041 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Department of Health reported a further 1,041 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday, the highest daily toll seen in the country since April.
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New mutated coronavirus linked to South Africa, says British Health Secret
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI): British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Wednesday said that the new mutated coronavirus variant found in Britain is linked to South Africa in a media briefing.
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AstraZeneca submitted data for MHRA approval, says UK Health Minister
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom's (UK) health secretary, Matt Hancock, on Wednesday said that AstraZeneca had submitted a full data package about its Covid-19 vaccine to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for approval.
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Strong India-UK ties on display at India Global Week Conference in London
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The strength of the India-UK relationship was on show on Friday at the India Global Week conference organised in London, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab leading a senior UK delegation that also included Home Secretary Priti Patel, Health Secretary Matt H
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Every care home resident, staff in England to be COVID-19 tested by June:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 16 (ANI): All care home residents and staff in England, will be tested for coronavirus by June this year, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Friday.
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Potential COVID-19 vaccine developed at Oxford to be tested on people this
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): A potential vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the University of Oxford is set to be trialled on people for the first time on April 23, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 claims 19 lives of UK NHS workers so far
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 11 (Sputnik/ANI): A total of 19 National Health Service (NHS) workers in the United Kingdom has died after contracting COVID-19, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Saturday, adding that none of the deaths was linked to the shortages of personal protective equipment (
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