Coronavirus 1) Britain in lockdown to save 250,000 lives “Normal life was put on hold for up to a year last night after Boris Johnson was told that it was the only way to save a quarter of a million lives. In restrictions unprecedented in peacetime, the prime minister urged Britons not to go to […]
Coronavirus 1) Number 10 to hold daily televised daily briefings “Boris Johnson will seek to shore up public confidence in the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday by holding the first of what are intended to be daily ministerial press conferences on the crisis. The prime minister, who had been under growing pressure […]
Coronavirus 1) Johnson considers wartime powers after leap in death toll “Boris Johnson ordered fresh action against the coronavirus last night amid fears that the pandemic is spreading faster than anticipated. As the death toll in Britain hit 21 yesterday, after doubling in four hours, the prime minister ordered the government to accelerate plans to […]
Coronavirus 1) Local elections postponed for a year “Local and mayoral elections in England will be postponed for a year to May 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Downing Street said it would be impractical to hold the elections as planned, as they would come during the peak of the spread of the virus. Polls […]
Coronavirus 1) Johnson braces the public for ‘severe disruption’ “Summoning up a Blitz spirit, Mr Johnson warned the public that the measures planned by the government “will cause severe disruption across our country for many months”, but promised Britain would pull through… After confirmed cases rose yesterday by 140 to 596, the biggest daily rise yet, […]
Budget 1) Sunak hands NHS a blank cheque and increases sick pay for millions “Rishi Sunak today unveiled a massive £30billion bonanza to stop coronavirus plunging Britain into Italy-style chaos – as he effectively reversed a decade of austerity. Delivering his crucial first Budget, the Chancellor admitted that people were ‘worried’ and the killer disease will […]
Coronavirus 1) Dorries diagnosed with the virus “A health minister who has met hundreds of people in parliament in the past week and attended a reception at No 10 with Boris Johnson has had coronavirus diagnosed, The Times can reveal. Nadine Dorries, who played a role in drawing up legislation to tackle the virus, fell […]
Coronavirus 1) Global markets plunge amid virus fears “The global markets suffered their worst day since the financial crisis of 2008 in a sell-off dubbed the new Black Monday amid growing alarm over the effect of coronavirus on the world economy. Hundreds of billions of pounds of wealth vanished in a few hours yesterday as […]
Coronavirus 1) Johnson to chair emergency meeting as UK ‘braces for full force of outbreak’ “The news came as the number of confirmed cases in the UK rose by 64 to 278, the biggest increase to date and a third patient in the UK died, the Chief Medical Officer confirmed. The patient who was in his […]
Coronavirus: Government ‘prepares for death toll of 100,000’… “Ministers are preparing for a potential coronavirus death toll as high as 100,000 as they try to brace the country for months of upheaval without spreading panic. Boris Johnson will chair his second meeting of the Cobra emergency committee tomorrow, where medical experts are expected to recommend that […]
Man in eighties is second person to die of coronavirus in Britain “He died on Thursday while being treated at Milton Keynes University Hospital for underlying health conditions. He tested positive for Covid-19 shortly before his death after a review by doctors in intensive care. It is not known whether the man had been abroad […]
First coronavirus-related death reported in the UK “A British woman has become the first to die from the new coronavirus in this country after having the disease diagnosed during routine testing of pneumonia sufferers, it is understood. The frail patient, who had underlying health conditions and is believed to have been 75, died at the […]
Government ‘poised to accept’ that coronavirus can’t be contained “Britain recorded its biggest jump in coronavirus cases yesterday with clear signs that the infection is now spreading freely in this country, increasing the risk of an epidemic. Thirty-two more patients were confirmed in England, three times more than in previous days, plus two in Scotland and two […]
Prime Minister says military is ‘ready to ‘back-fill’ civilian roles’ in coronavirus plan “Hospitals have been told to see as many patients as they can via video calls because their beds will be needed to treat coronavirus sufferers. After the government published its plan for dealing with the virus, the NHS stepped up preparations, with hospitals told […]
Coronavirus 1) “Battle plan” to include emergency powers to ban public gatherings “Boris Johnson is to give himself sweeping powers to ban public gatherings and create no-go zones in areas affected by coronavirus when he publishes the government’s “battle plan” today. The Treasury is also preparing to step in to bolster markets and offer relief […]