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UK signs deals to buy 90 million doses of two coronavirus vaccine candidat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 20 (ANI): The UK government has signed agreements to buy 90 million doses of two promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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UK reports 827 new Covid cases, count nears 3 lakhs
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Kingdom registered 827 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, which took the total tally of confirmed infections in the country over 294,000, as per the Department of Health and Social Care on Saturday.
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UK records 126 new COVID-19 deaths, toll rises to 44,517
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the coronavirus in the United Kingdom has risen by 126 over the past 24 hours, down from 155 the day before, to 44,517, the UK Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Preliminary study reveals steroid dexamethasone helps treating critical CO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 16 (ANI): Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases globally and the rush to find proper vaccinations for the disease, two researchers in the UK have found steroid drug dexamethasone helpful in treating the critical patients dependent on ventilators or oxygen.
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Boris Johnson resists calls to sack adviser Dominic Cummings for breaching
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 24 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday resisted calls from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after he traveled 400 kilometers from London to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms, as per local media sources cited by Al
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COVID-19 is like unexpected, invisible mugger: Boris Johnson
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 28 (ANI): The coronavirus is like an unexpected and invisible mugger, which the British people have to began to collectively "wrestle it to the floor", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (local time), in his first comments after recovering from the virus.
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Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after recovering from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday (local time) returned to his official residence, 10 Downing Street, after spending two weeks recovering from novel coronavirus.
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UK coronavirus toll surpasses 18,000
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (Sputnik/ANI): The toll from coronavirus in the United Kingdom has jumped above 18,000 after 759 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Department of Health and Social Care announced in a statistical bulletin on Wednesday.
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Prince Philip sends special message for UK health workers as COVID-19 case
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday sent out a special message for those working across the UK in the fight against COVID-19.
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No more 'business as usual' with China as UK raises 'hard questions' on or
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 17 (ANI): After being warned that China could be hiding the real figures related to coronavirus, the UK has taken a hard-line approach towards Beijing which would see no more "business as usual" between the two countries.
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UK COVID-19 toll surpasses 12,000
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 14 (ANI): The Department of Health and Social Care has reported that at least 12,107 people have died in the UK hospitals due to the coronavirus.
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Britain pledges additional 200 mn pounds to WHO, NGOs to stop second wave
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 12 (ANI): The United Kingdom is pledging an additional sum of 200 million pounds to international organisations and charities to stop the second wave of COVID-19, making the UK one of the biggest donors in the fight against the virus.
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