Matt Hancock
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Johnson backs UK’s vaccines amid South African variant concerns
- UK
- February 8, 2021, 20:14
Boris Johnson has said he is very confident that all coronavirus vaccines being used in Britain deliver “a high level of protection” amid concerns abo(...)

A vaccine strategy inspired by the movie ‘Contagion’? Not Britain’s worst idea
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 6, 2021, 07:00
There was a mixed reaction this week to the news that UK health secretary Matt Hancock had looked towards a movie starring his namesake Matt Damon for(...)

Everyone over 50 in Britain to be offered vaccine by May
- UK
- February 5, 2021, 19:59
Britain is on track to offer everyone over 50 and younger people who are vulnerable a coronavirus vaccine by May, Boris Johnson’s government said on F(...)

Covid-19: AstraZeneca jab may reduce transmission by two-thirds
- UK
- February 3, 2021, 10:14
A single dose of the Oxford vaccine may reduce transmission of coronavirus by two-thirds, according to a new study. This provides a major boost to th(...)

English homes to be targeted in door-to-door testing in Covid-19 clampdown
- UK
- February 1, 2021, 19:33
British health officials will start door-to-door testing of tens of thousands of people in parts of England where the South African variant of coronav(...)

Covid-19: Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ as UK passes 100,000 deaths
- UK
- January 26, 2021, 18:05
Boris Johnson has said he is “deeply sorry” for more than 100,000 lives lost to coronavirus in Britain but insisted that his government had done every(...)

UK Covid-19 variant may be 30% more deadly, Boris Johnson says
- UK
- January 22, 2021, 17:39
The new UK coronavirus variant may be 30 per cent more deadly, Boris Johnson said on Friday as he warned of stricter travel curbs and continued lockdo(...)

The number of deaths in the UK accelerated at the beginning of January as the effects of December’s wave of coronavirus cases raised mortality to leve(...)

Hancock says UK on track for 15m vaccinations by mid-February
- UK
- January 11, 2021, 20:51
Britain is on track to vaccinate almost 15 million people by mid-February, but the coronavirus pandemic will become worse before then, health secretar(...)

Mass testing for asymptomatic Covid to be rolled out across England
- UK
- January 10, 2021, 15:10
The British government is to roll out mass community testing across England, to detect people who have Covid-19 but show no symptoms. The programme, (...)