UK and other Coronavirus News More Countries Added to the Red-List United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda have been added to the Red-List meaning travel from them are now banned, with direct passanger flights from UAE to UK halted. This also means UK nationals returning from those countries will have to be quarantined for 10-days […]
UK Today in Coronavirus It has now been denied by the government that a large expansion of the self-isolation support payment scheme will happen. It comes after a leaked government plan brought about the possibility of anyone having to self-isolate due to the coronavirus getting a one-off £500 payment, seen as a potential way to […]
UK Today in Coronavirus In a huge blow to the music industry the glastonbury music festival has been cancelled for a 2nd year running due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It really comes at little surprise as it was increasingly unlikely that things would not yet be back to normal enough for it to go […]
UK Today in Coronavirus A system currently being used by multiple NHS Trusts to queue people up for the vaccine jab who are in the NHS or Social Care or who are over-70 has been exposed as easily exploitable, allowing those not currently being targeted in the highest priority groups to queue jump ahead due […]
UK Today in Coronavirus Scotland’s lockdown has now been extended until the middle of February, following similar lines of England’s lockdown which is also planned to last at the very least until a similar peroid of time. Scotland’s First Minister said that although the situation has stabilised for the country, ending the lockdown could quickly […]
UK Today in Coronavirus 10 new mass vaccination centers were opened yesterday, coming after 4 million first dose vaccines had been surpassed, with the goal of 15 million of top priority by the middle of February. The new vaccination centers should speed up vaccines even further. Again it was stressed for everyone to continue following […]
UK Today in Coronavirus From today the UK has made the move of closing all travel corridors in a further bid to manage massive pressures on the NHS currently due to the ongoing pandemic and also as a further step of protecting vaccine rollout as well as worries over new variants of the virus that […]
UK Today in Coronavirus Boris Johnson pledged that vaccines will be going 24/7 as soon as can be done in a bid to meet the 2 million a week vaccine innoculations required to meet the 15 million vaccines goal by the middle of February. For now he says the problem lies with vaccine supply rather […]
UK Today in Coronavirus The UK Government are looking into what groups to prioritize next after vaccinations of the top vulnerable groups are completed. Such groups suggested and being considered include teachers, police, and also shop workers as well. Personally I think police should be one of the immediate priorities next as they are obviously […]
UK Today in Coronavirus The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that at least 2 million, possibly as many as 2.5 million vaccines have now been administered across the United Kingdom. He also said that he believes 40% of 80-year-olds have received this first dose of the vaccine, as well as 23% of the elderly within […]