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Last Week Tonight host John Oliver reminded viewers at home that though America is returning to a state of normalcy, much of life abroad is at peril due to limited access to vaccines and abysmal government response.
Oliver recounted the possibility of a third wave in the United Kingdom, the lack of preparation by Boris Johnson and the lunacy of the sitting president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who said the COVID-19 vaccine might turn you into a crocodile. The British host surmised it’s the United
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Downing Street refused to comment eight times about whether the Tory Minister broke covid laws. Hancock apologised after images emerged earlier today of him kissing his aide Gina Coladangelo who he appointed in his office at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The Queen referred to the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock as a "poor man" during a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In her first in-person weekly audience with Boris in fifteen months on Wednesday, the 95 year old appeared to address Matt's woes and hardships over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless”.The former Downing Street adviser renewed his attacks on the UK Health Secretary on Wednesday in a blogpost detailing evidence of what he described as the "covid disaster" caused by Hancock.Cummings,
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Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has called for an urgent intervention from the UK government for festivals after the easing of coronavirus restrictions was delayed by a month.Tonight (June 14), Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the date of June 21, in which all coronavirus restrictions would be lifted in England, will now be delayed until July 19.The PM told a press conference that they had seen “more infection and more hospitalisation” of late, with the Delta variant of
Richard Madeley vented his frustration about the future of lockdown as his son’s wedding hangs in the balance. On Good Morning Britain, the team discussed the expected extension of lockdown as Boris Johnson appears to make a statement today.This includes potential restrictions around weddings, with thousands of couples unsure if their big day could go ahead.
Follow all the latest updates on our blog below. A delay to lockdown easing may also help break the link between infections and hospital admissions, a public health professor suggested.Professor Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, told LBC that the variant first identified in India now accounted for the majority of UK cases, but the death rate among people with this infection was low."You can see amongst people who were infected with this variant, the mortality rate was 0.7%, just 12