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Joint clinical advice from the 4 UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Government update on the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
UK Military personnel will provide planning and training support to secondary schools and colleges with testing at the start of the spring term.
More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history.
Tracing performance has remained high with 92.6% of contacts reached last week, and the proportion of contacts reached within 24 hours increased to 97.5%.
Exponential rises in cases in the South East and East of England necessitate decisive action ahead of the formal review on 30 December.
New funding of £800 million is being guaranteed for the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to support people, businesses and public services with the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
The UK Government guaranteed £400 million of new funding to support people, businesses and public services in Scotland with the ongoing impact of Covid-19
Care homes across the country will benefit from additional rapid testing to test staff twice a week to help protect residents and workers from the virus.
Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing.
Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed that lateral flow devices (LFDs) used in mass testing can detect the new COVID-19 variant.
More local authorities to be offered rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests to detect asymptomatic cases and help slow the spread of coronavirus.
New travel restrictions on passengers arriving in England from South Africa.
Hauliers strongly urged not to travel to Kent until further notice.
The UK is working with international partners to understand where and how British travellers have been affected and to minimise disruption as far as possible.
Highways England has tonight repeated calls to drivers not to travel to Kent as the border to France remains closed.
Jobcentres will remain open, as they have throughout the pandemic, to provide essential services to those we cannot help remotely.
This group is advised to stay at home at all times, unless for exercise or medical appointments, and not to attend work, even if they are unable to work from home.
The new variant transmits more easily than the previous one but there is no evidence that it is more likely to cause severe disease or mortality.
The Prime Minister has announced tougher restrictions for parts of England with a new Tier 4: ‘Stay at Home’ alert level.
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