Covid 19 UK

Boris Johnson cancels Republic Day visit over Covid crisis in UK

06 Jan 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled his Republic Day visit to India, hours after he announced a fresh lockdown in the United Kingdom over the new Covid-19 strain that affected thousands of people in the UK. Johnson was to be the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day parade in...

9 MORE DETECTED WITH UK COVID STRAIN, TOTAL CASES IN INDIA RISE TO 38

05 Jan 2021

Nine more Covid patients have been detected with the UK Covid strain, taking the total number of such cases to 38 in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. All the nine latest additions have been reported from a single laboratory in the national capital, which accounts for...

6 persons arriving from UK test positive for mutant strain

30 Dec 2020

Six cases of a mutant Covid-19 strain, which first surfaced in the UK, have been detected in the country. The six patients have recently returned from the UK, where cases have spiralled within days. The new strain is believed to be 70 per cent more infectious, but hardly more lethal....

AFTER ‘GO CORONA GO’, ATHAWALE HAS NEW SLOGAN TO BEAT UK COVID STRAIN

28 Dec 2020

Pune: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that his earlier slogan “Go Corona, Corona Go” was effective as the Covid-19 situation in the country was improving and has now coined a new slogan “No Corona, Corona No” in an attempt to combat the new more infectious strain of coronavirus,...

DON’T IGNORE THE THERAPY ROUTE TO TACKLE CORONAVIRUS

22 Dec 2020

Disturbing news is coming from the United Kingdom about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing there; in fact even in South Africa. Considered to be 70% more contagious than the virus that the world has been dealing with for almost a year now, the new strain spreads much faster...

NEW, MORE INFECTIOUS VARIANT OF COVID-19 FOUND IN UK: REPORT

15 Dec 2020

London: London would soon move into the highest level of Covid-19 restrictions due to concern about spiralling numbers of infections, the health secretary said on Monday. London will move into England’s highest tier of coronavirus restrictions—Tier 3—from on Wednesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Parts of Essex and parts...