Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific officer, today said the R number of the coronavirus is now between 0.7 and 0.9, down from 0.7 to 1 last week Another 377 people have died of the coronavirus in Britain, officials announced today, pushing the total number of fatalities to 37,837 as a blood-testing survey suggests seven per … Read more
Boris Johnson will today face a 90-minute grilling from the Commons Liaison Committee over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his top aide’s decision to travel during lockdown. Questions on Dominic Cummings’ trip from London to Durham, along with three other coronavirus topics, will be crammed into a 20-minute slot after intervention from Committee … Read more
Six Cabinet ministers are thought to have privately told colleagues Dominic Cummings should resign, with 40 Tory MPs calling on Boris Johnson to sack his top aide amid fury over his breach of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Cummings has faced intense criticism over his decision to drive his family 260 miles from London to Durham at … Read more
Britain today announced 121 more coronavirus deaths across all settings, taking the official death toll to 36,914 as sun-worshippers descended on parks and beaches today. It marks the lowest Monday death toll since lockdown was enforced on March 23 (74 deaths). For comparison, 160 fatalities were announced last Monday and 118 were recorded yesterday. But death … Read more
Britain’s daily coronavirus death toll dropped again today as health chiefs announced 338 more victims, meaning the official number of victims has now surpassed 36,000. The Department of Health toll – which takes into account deaths in all settings – is the lowest figure recorded on a Thursday since March 26 (103) and is even … Read more
Britain today recorded another 227 coronavirus deaths including a seven-year-old who had an underlying health condition, as the UK’s total number of victims surpassed 35,000. The preliminary figure is calculated by adding up the individual updates from each of the home nations. Officials at the Department of Health has yet to reveal the final daily tally. The … Read more
One of the most remote towns in the country has suffered more coronavirus cases per capita than anywhere else in England or Wales, official figures show. At least 552 people in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, have caught COVID-19 since the outbreak began in February, according to the latest Government data. That gives the small industrial town of … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has again jumped the gun on Westminster by revealing Scotland’s provisional ‘exit strategy’ from the coronavirus lockdown. The First Minister released a 27-page plan for how the loosening might happen north of the border, days before the PM is expected to unveil his ‘road map’ on Sunday. She said her preference was for the … Read more
Boris Johnson today urged Britons not to ‘ease up’ on lockdown measures too early Britain’s preliminary daily coronavirus death toll today rose by 229 – the lowest daily jump since the end of March, as figures show the UK’s crisis is continuing to slow down. The Department of Health – which announces an official daily … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today suggested people in Scotland could soon be allowed to meet a small ‘bubble’ of friends or family outside of their households under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown. The Scottish First Minister said other countries are beginning to look at expanding the definition of ‘households’ to allow small gatherings of people and … Read more