The public has been warned to prepare for “social distancing” as the number of coronavirus cases in the UK jumped to 206 – a 25% increase from the 164 cases recorded yesterday. England’s deputy chief medical officer Dr Jennie Harries told the BBC the UK is “teetering on the edge” of sustained transmission but remains […]
Brexit will not be delayed by the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed, saying the UK will not ask for an extension to the transition period which expires on December 31, 2020. However, the outbreak could push the UK’s economy to the brink of recession, warned Goldman Sachs as the number […]
Boris Johnson has said the army is on standby as part of the government’s “battle plan” to fight the coronavirus, as the number of Covid-19 cases in the UK rises to 51. Health secretary Matt Hancock warned the virus poses an “increasingly serious” threat and told MPs it was “becoming more likely that we will […]
Heath secretary Matt Hancock said “nothing is off the table” when asked if UK cities could be closed down as Britain battles to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Hancock’s comments come as the confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the UK climbed to 35 after 12 new patients were diagnosed. The government is considering all options […]
Three London based companies have sent staff home to reduce their “risk of exposure” to the coronavirus. Media firm OMD UK joined Crossrail and Chevron in temporarily closing its offices and asking staff to work from home. OMD UK closed its Fitzrovia Office today (Wednesday) when an employee, recently returned from Singapore and Australia, started […]
The FTSE 100 has recorded its biggest fall in four years as concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus hit global markets, wiping billions off the value of the world’s biggest companies. In London, the UK’s FTSE 100 saw £62 billion lost as the share index plummeted 3.3% – the steepest drop since January […]
A GP surgery in Brighton has been closed after a member of staff tested positive for the coronavirus, hours after the government declared the virus a “serious and imminent threat” to public health. The declaration gives the government legal powers to forcibly quarantine and isolate people considered to pose a threat to public health and […]
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, over 24’000 people have been infected, of whom 493 have died. The current mortality rate stands at 2.1 per cent. The latest coronavirus UK update tells us that 414 people have tested negative, while two people are receiving treatment at a hospital in Newcastle. Over the last few days, […]
British citizens are expected to be evacuated from China’s Wuhan city on flights starting tomorrow [Thursday] and to be put in quarantine for two weeks on their return home. British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advising against “all but essential travel” to […]
The Liberal Democrats are demanding transparency over government Covid contracts and multi-million pound “bungs” to friendly media following Dominic Cummings’s explosive testimony to the Coivd Inquiry [pdf]. Cummings told the inquiry that state funding had been “funnelled” to the Evening Standard, owned by Lord Evgeny Lebedev – the son of a KGB spy who was […]