Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
UK holidaymakers could face 5,000 pound fine under new COVID lawAs Britain marked the one-year mark of its first stay-at-home lockdown on Tuesday, details emerged of new laws to control the spread of inf...
23 Mar, 2021, 08.42 PM IST
Britain speeds up vaccinations: All adults to get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by July 31The makers of the two vaccines that Britain is using, Pfizer and AstraZeneca, have both experienced supply problems in Europe. But U.K. Hea...
21 Feb, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Debenhams shuts all stores, around 12,000 jobs lostDebenhams collapsed last month, having struggled to adapt from a bricks-and-mortar business long before the coronavirus pandemic forced sho...
25 Jan, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
'UK' coronavirus variant detected in 41 Countries/Territories: WHOOn December 14, 2020, the UK announced that a new coronavirus strain had been detected in the country, with the new variant being 70 per ce...
06 Jan, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Efforts being made to study impact of vaccines, diagnostics on UK variant of virus: DBT secy Renu SwarupShe said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), formed to ascertain the status of new variants of the virus through genome sequ...
05 Jan, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
Indian expats from Saudi, Kuwait stranded in UAE get free accommodationSaudi Arabia and Kuwait have closed their land and sea borders and suspended commercial flights over fears about the new coronavirus strain...
25 Dec, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
New, more contagious coronavirus strain in UK does not appear to be deadlier: Vivek MurthyMurthy, 43, said that there was no reason to believe that the coronavirus vaccines that have already been developed would not be effective ...
21 Dec, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
UK to run final stage trials of Janssen coronavirus vaccineDr. Saul Faust, who is helping lead the study, said the research will start first in Britain but aims to recruit a total of 30,000 people i...
16 Nov, 2020, 08.42 AM IST
China threatens 'forceful counter-attack' after Britain suspends HK extradition treatyLondon has been dismayed by the introduction of a national security law in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 199...
21 Jul, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
UK to end quarantine for travelers from 'low-risk' countriesThe British government said Friday it is scrapping a 14-day quarantine rule for arrivals from a number of countries deemed "lower risk" for...
03 Jul, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
UK facing significant recession, says Rishi SunakThe UK's Indian-origin finance minister, who is at the forefront of the economic response to the coronavirus pandemic and has spearheaded a...
14 May, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
Tata Steel seeks 500 mn pounds govt bailout in UK: ReportsTata Steel, which owns the UK's largest steelworks in Port Talbot in Wales, is holding discussions with the Welsh government as well as the...
26 Apr, 2020, 02.25 PM IST
UK govt launches inquiry into Covid-19 deaths among AsiansThe first twelve doctors to die from the virus in the UK were all from ethnic minority backgrounds, prompting calls from the British Medica...
21 Apr, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
‘I wanted to go straight to work’: Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee hangs up her crown, picks up a stethoscopeIt all started when Mukherjee started receiving messages from her colleagues at the Pilgrim Hospital.
09 Apr, 2020, 10.21 AM IST
A Wuhan shrimp seller identified as coronavirus 'patient zero'Identified as Wei Guixian, she was selling shrimps at the Huanan Seafood Market when she developed a cold.
30 Mar, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
British PM Boris Johnson, heath secretary Hancock have coronavirusIn a video message posted on Twitter, the 55-year-old Johnson said he will continue to lead the UK government's response to the deadly viru...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.47 PM IST