Tag: United Kingdom

2 July 2021, 8:05 AM

South Africa has seen a sharp increase in infections fanned by the Delta variant, which was first identified in India.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is confident that the delays in relaxing lockdown regulations will not be longer than four weeks.

UK extends lockdown restrictions to July

15 June 2021, 9:39 AM

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in the United Kingdom ...

Under a roadmap outlined by Boris Johnson back in February, the government signalled all social restrictions imposed to control the spread of the disease would be lifted "no earlier" than the 21st of June, when pubs, clubs and other hospitality venues could fully reopen.

Spread in COVID-19 Delta variant forces Britain to delay laxing restrictions

14 June 2021, 6:52 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce today that the end of COVID-19 restrictions will be delayed following ...

The 95-year-old monarch was accompanied by her cousin Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, for a socially-distanced version of the 'Trooping the Colour', a ceremony which has been staged for more than 260 years.

UK’s queen joined by cousin for ‘Trooping the Colour’ event

13 June 2021, 4:21 AM

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth viewed a scaled-down military ceremony at Windsor Castle to mark her official birthday on Saturday, her first ...

WHO revealed the new names on Monday amid criticism that those given by scientists such as the variant that was first detected in South Africa, which goes by multiple names including B.1.351, 501Y.V2 and 20H/501Y.V2, were too complicated.

Coronavirus variants get new names

1 June 2021, 8:15 AM

Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek Alphabet in a bid to ...

Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited the countries on the list within 14 days are barred entry from Nigeria

UK plans to drop COVID-19 passport for large events

31 May 2021, 7:29 AM

Britain plans to drop COVID-19 passports as a legal requirement for large events.

A total of 31.301.267 people have now received their first dose of a vaccine, the figures showed.

UK reports 52 new COVID deaths, 3 402 new cases

3 April 2021, 2:00 AM

Britain reported 52 new COVID-19 deaths within 28 days of a positive test and a further 3 402 new cases, ...

Critics accuse Google of benefiting from fraud because companies or individuals seeking to advertise dubious get-rich-quick schemes.

BoE governor wants UK bill to make Google tackle online scams

22 March 2021, 4:00 AM

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has been lobbying the British government to introduce a legal requirement for internet giants ...

The United Kingdom, where the AstraZeneca vaccine was developed, says it has no concerns over the safety of the drug.

Benefits of AstraZeneca outweigh risks: EMA

17 March 2021, 9:31 AM

The head of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, Emma Cooke has reiterated that there is no indication that the AstraZeneca ...

The COVAX facility is set to distribute around 35 million doses to more than 50 countries in the coming week while comparatively richer countries and regions streak ahead in their distribution and administration of vaccines.

Vaccine manufacturing capacity a major constraint for COVAX

10 March 2021, 6:10 AM

GAVI - The Vaccine Alliance says that manufacturing capacity is one of the major constraints facing the COVAX facility, which ...

SII, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is mass producing the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, for dozens of poor and middle-income countries.

UK to receive 10 mln AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from India’s Serum Institute

by Richard Brooks

2 March 2021, 11:59 PM

The UK will receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the UK ...

Boris Johnson warmly welcomed the President Joe Biden decision to re-join the Paris Agreement on climate change.

After first phone call, UK PM Johnson looks forward to working with Biden

24 January 2021, 4:00 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he looked forward to working with new US President Joe Biden on ...

The UK is committed to helping South Africa to achieve an accelerated and just transition to limit global warming to below 2% in the future.

UK to support SA women green-tech entrepreneurs

by Busisiwe Radebe

12 January 2021, 7:30 AM

The United Kingdom has announced that it will be supporting South African women entrepreneurs to grow their green-tech businesses as ...

South Africa and the UK are currently battling different variants of the virus which have fuelled infections.

No evidence that SA COVID-19 variant is more contagious than the UK’s: WHO

6 January 2021, 5:54 AM

30 December 2020, 2:29 PM

WHO says there is no evidence that the variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa is more contagious than ...

The AstraZeneca/Oxford shot, unlikely to be approved for some time by EU or US regulators, will start being administered on Monday

UK rolls out Astra/Oxford COVID vaccine after world-first approval

by Raymond Akamby

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and ...

UK needs tighter COVID-19 rules to avert new “catastrophe”

29 December 2020, 2:45 PM

25 December 2020, 2:50 PM

Britain’s government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new ...

The new variant, referred to as 501.V2, was discovered by a network of scientists around South Africa who have been tracking the genetics of the SARS-COV-2 virus.

UK travel ban on SA unfortunate: Mkhize

by SABC Digital News

24 December 2020, 8:38 AM

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has described the travel ban that the United Kingdom has imposed on South Africa as ...

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced South Africa travel restrictions after two cases of the new coronavirus variant have been discovered in the UK.

SA students studying in the UK stranded after travel restrictions announcement

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

A number of South Africans who are studying in the United Kingdom will have to spend Christmas on campus following ...

Members of Parliament said the move would help ease the country's revenue shortfalls but Kenyans are still reeling under the effects of the pandemic.

Kenya ends tax cuts, mulls over restricting UK tourists

23 December 2020, 11:16 AM