UK Health Secretary suggests Tier 4 restrictions could last until vaccine rollout takes effect
Ministers and scientists have previously said they think the vaccine would become effective by spring. Matt Hancock has suggested TierContinue Reading
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France joins Ireland Netherlands and Belgium to cancel flights to UK
France has joined Ireland and a growing list of European countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK after aContinue Reading
UK orders shops to close, cancels holiday mixing in London
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Christmas gatherings can’t go ahead and non-essential shops must close in London and muchContinue Reading
After UK, South Africa identifies new #Covid19 strain causing surge in cases
Johannesburg: South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, theContinue Reading
#Maldives at crossroads over #SriLanka Muslim COVID19 victims burial proposal
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has voiced his opposition towards the burial of Muslim COVID-19 victims from Sri Lanka inContinue Reading
#COVID19: Canada approves Pfizer’s vaccine – and says it is ‘safe, effective and of good quality’
Canada has become the latest country to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine – describing it as “safe, effective andContinue Reading
#SriLanka rush to village for Covid-19 ‘Cure’ despite virus risks
Thousands of people defied public gathering restrictions to descend on a small village in central Sri Lanka Tuesday for aContinue Reading
Rajinikanth announces political entry, party launch in January 2021
Ending years of speculation, actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth on Thursday finally announced that he would launch his political party in January 2021,Continue Reading
#SriLanka evacuates thousands as Cyclone Burevi nears
Sri Lanka evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80 kphContinue Reading
#Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine wins licence for use in the UK
The UK has become the first western country to license a vaccine against Covid, opening the way for mass immunisationContinue Reading
