UK to close all travel corridors from Monday to keep out new Covid strains

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores, pharmacies and other settings.A government source with knowledge of the plan told The Canadian Press that Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce more details on Wednesday.The source said there will be a limit of one box of five tests per household per visit, though some stores might have different processes.Ontario provided free rapid antigen test kits at malls and liquor stores in December ahead of the holidays.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police confirmed the arrest of the main suspect wanted in connection with the attempted shooting of an ambulance driver on the 27th of January opposite the Panadura Base Hospital.Sri Lanka Police said 8 grams of heroin was seized from the possession of the 32-year-old suspect from Kuruppumulla on Tuesday (8) night.Detectives are planning on obtaining a detention order to detain and interrogate the suspect, after producing him to the Panadura Magistrate’s Court.Sri Lanka Police on Tuesday (8) also arrested a 51-year-old man in connection to the attempted shooting of an ambulance driver in Panadura, on the 27th of January 2022.The suspect was identified as the assistant to the ambulance driver who was the main target of the shooters.On Independence Day (4), the Kalutara Crimes Division arrested the ambulance driver who was the target of gunmen in Panadura.Sri Lanka Police said the ambulance driver was transferring an expectant mother to the Panadura Hospital when several people chased after him on four motorcycles and opened fire at him.However, the weapon used by the gunman had jammed.Police said the ambulance driver was arrested after it was revealed that he was transporting Heroin at the time of the incident.According to Police, the person who was driving the motorcycle and the person who assisted in the shooting were also arrested.The assistant to the ambulance driver had confessed to police that the ambulance was used to transport drugs on several occasions.In addition, another man was arrested from Panadura on Tuesday (8) for spying on the ambulance driver.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya on Wednesday (9) ordered to release of a Church worker, who was detained over the discovery of a hand grenade from All Saint’s Church in Borella.On the 2nd of February, the Additional Magistrate ordered to release of three other workers connected to the incident.Accordingly, all four church workers who were arrested and detained over the incident, have been released.Sri Lanka’s Attorney General had recommended that they be released given the fact that they were not involved in the incident.A week ago, Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris informed the court that it was revealed that the three other workers were not connected to the incident in any way, and the Attorney General had advised to release them.

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ANI reported. AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma in a letter today said in accordance with current ICMT's national guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue routine Covid-19 testing prior to inpatient hospitalisations (regular as well as daycare) and also prior to any minor or major surgical or interventional or non-interventional procedures and imaging in clinically asymptomatic patients.AIIMS, Delhi announces to discontinue routine COVID-19 testing prior to inpatient hospitalization and surgeries pic.twitter.com/R0wjcSdaFl

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Phillip Schofield has returned to This Morning after testing positive for coronavirus. The 59-year-old presenter had been forced to skip hosting This Morning and Dancing on Ice and admitted he was "bored out of his brain" while locked away in his home after testing positive for Covid seven days in a row.

Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine won the bronze medal in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Winter Games in women’s snowboard cross Wednesday.

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Kenneth Branagh is set to play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom's upcoming limited series charting the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal.The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders that touched on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the Biden administration announcing this week that the U.S.

British actor Kenneth Branagh is set to play Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky Atlantic drama about the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus in India has climbed to 150, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday."The total number of persons found infected with the UK strain of COVID-19 is 150," the ministry said.All of them have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by the respective state governments, the ministry had earlier said.Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine.

Covid variant could be deadlier and spark stricter and longer lockdown rules, warn government scientists.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have discussed the latest information to emerge about the more virulent strain of Covid-19 that was first identified in the UK. 

COVID-19 variants in British Columbia climbed again on Friday.Health officials said they had confirmed six cases of the U.K. variant (B.1.1.7), and three cases of the South African variant (B.1.351).

FILE - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street on Jan. 22, 2021 in London, England.

Boris Johnson said on Friday the COVID-19 variant first discovered in the U.K. may be associated with a higher level of mortality.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is some evidence that the new variant of coronavirus first identified in the UK may be linked to a higher death rate.

A new interactive map tracking estimates of coronavirus cases in every area of England shows numbers are beginning to fall.

Also Read | The fear of flying at Mount 50K"The number of COVID-19 in-patients (in hospital) is extremely high at the moment, and we can't expect that to drop unless we can achieve lower levels of prevalence," said Steven Riley, a professor of infectious disease dynamics who co-led the work."The fact that (prevalence) is not going down has potentially serious consequences"Prime Minister Boris Johnson put England into a third national lockdown on Jan.

Asda, Aldi and Lidl have updated their rules on touching products in stores amid the new Covid-19 spike. It's hoped the new guidelines introduced will help stop the spread of the latest coronavirus strain.

Major supermarkets have issued warnings to shoppers as the new Covid strain continues to take lives in the UK.

Brian May has taken to Instagram to say he is "struggling with a bereavement", while airing his thoughts on how politicians are handling the coronavirus pandemic.The Queen guitarist blasted the “staggering lack of leadership” in response to the “Covid plague” on the picture-sharing site.He then went on to speak about the “idiocy of Brexit” and “the lies everywhere that spread faster and wider than the truth".Brian shared a short video from home, highlighting the fact he can’t work at the moment because of COVID-19 restrictions while the construction industry continues.He asked fans if he was “callus” for suggesting that it was because “top level business moguls” were benefitting from the decision.“Next time Boris Johnson talks about saving

coronavirus vaccination program this week, offering shots to millions more people, as the country shuts its borders to anyone who hasn’t tested negative.Vaccines will be offered to people aged 70 and over, and those deemed “clinically extremely vulnerable" from Monday -- the third and fourth priority groups. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it a “significant milestone" in the vaccination effort.Also Read | Churn in India’s internet economyThe government aims to offer the vaccine to all U.K.

London: Ten new large-scale centres, including a rugby ground, racecourse, food court and a cathedral, will open up next week across Britain to join the seven already delivering vaccines to immunise against COVID-19, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) said on Sunday.It comes as a further 324,233 vaccine doses were administered across the UK to take the total above 3.5 million, a milestone hailed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a "fantastic national effort".The state-funded health service leading the UK's "biggest" vaccination programme in history also confirmed more than 1 million people aged 80 or over have been invited to book a coronavirus jab at a Vaccination Centre.There are now 1,000 general practice (GP) led services and more

The government could start lifting the current lockdown as soon as early March under a three-point plan.

There are hopes that every adult in Britain might be vaccinated by the end of June after jab delivery accelerates to five million a week.

Boris Johnson has warned shoppers to follow Hands, Face and Space, as he says Covid can spread through touching infected goods. The Prime Minister made the warning during a public press conference last night, as he explained the disease can be spread through handled goods.He has urged customers to only touch items in shops if they're buying them, to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.It is the first time the PM has warned against handling goods in stores.

Emergency oxygen supplies are being flown into a part of Brazil devastated by a rampant new strain of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned supermarket shoppers that Covid-19 can also be contracted by handling goods someone else with the virus has previously touched.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered the closure of all travel corridors from Monday to protect the UK against new coronavirus strains, ending the quarantine exemption for arrivals from selected nations.

direct to your inboxThe government has suspended all travel corridors between the UK and foreign countries.From 4am on Monday, this means that anyone who wishes to travel to Britain must have proof of a negative Covid-19 test in the previous 72 hours.The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced the change during a Downing Street press conference on Friday.It comes as fears mount over a new variant of coronavirus discovered in South America that prompted the government to introduce strict travel bans on 16 countries including Brazil and Portugal.Travel corridors were set up during the summer of 2020, to help passengers fly between countries that were deemed to have a 'safe' Covid-19 infection rate.It meant that travellers arriving from

Porton Down is assessing the new Covid variant from Brazil and officials expect to issue an update later today, No10 has said.

The UK is "confident" it can offer the first dose of the Covid vaccine to all 32million vulnerable people by mid to late March, government sources say.

direct to your inboxA new strain of coronavirus that the Prime Minister said he is 'very concerned' about has been identified in Brazil.Little is know about the new variant currently but scientists are trying to find out whether it could cause more severe disease, or have an impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. Boris Johnson told MPs yesterday that he was “very concerned” about the variant, and the government has now implemented a travel ban on 16 countries to reduce the risk of it being imported into the UK.

New Delhi: The Indian foreign ministry on Thursday said that no foreign head of state or head of government will be present at the annual Republic Day parade this year as the chief guest, for the first time in decades."Due to the global covid-19 situation, it has been decided that this year there will not be a foreign head of state or head of government as the chief guest for our Republic Day event," Foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava told reporters at the weekly foreign office briefing.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been invited as the chief guest for the parade on 26 January – seen as a high point of India’s diplomatic calendar every year – but he cancelled his India visit citing an upsurge in covid-19 cases triggered

coronavirus variant believed to have originated in Brazil has been identified - here's everything you need to know about the strain. Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said he is "very concerned" about the new mutation, thought to affect healthy, young people.

Covid discovered in Brazil, Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Speaking to MPS on the Liaison Committee, the prime minister said he was "concerned" about a new variant of coronavirus found in the South American nation.He added the UK is “taking steps” to keep it out in order to further protect the country and insisted current border controls are "tough" enough to "protect this country".But he did not say the UK could be banning arrivals from Brazil, although there have been reports the Govt is considering this.Mr Johnson said: "I think it's fair to say that there are lots of questions we still have."We already have tough measures...

There is fury tonight as flights from Brazil continue to arrive into the UK each day despite a new variant of Covid-19 being discovered in the country.

When answering questions form U.K. opposition leader Keir Starmer on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said tougher COVID-19 restrictions brought in last week were starting to have an effect on the spread of the virus in some parts of the country.

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With coronavirus cases continuing to increase in most parts of the country - fears are on the rise that England's third lockdown could still be tightened.

coronavirus restrictions continued as Downing Street was unable to say whether sitting on a park bench is against the rules.

The UK has passed the grim milestone of three million cases during the pandemic after the government announced another 59,937 new cases.

NHS nurse has hit out against the government, who have "failed" the health service following a rise in coronavirus cases across the country.Intensive Care Unit nurse Ameera Sheikh went on to say that nurses up and down the country are so "burnt out they can't eat," after a "major incident" was declared in London on Friday.The 28-year-old Unite union representative continued, adding that patients in hospitals have admitted to breaking the strict national lockdown rules that were implemented in a bid to contain the virus.Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the country under stricter measures earlier in the week, following the discovery of a much stronger and transmittable."Some [patients] are openly admitting that they're breaking the rules,

Brits could abandon Covid safety rules in their droves after getting a vaccine, government advisors fear.

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley is set to get his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine today, he has said.