Andrew Pollard of Oxford University, which helped develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, says the shot also appears to reduce the amount of virus...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK government hopes to set out a route map on February 22 for exiting its current national lockdown.

Fauci said that it is not yet clear whether the South African coronavirus strain - considered to be more infections than the original strai...

The UK variant - known as B.1.1.7 - is also up to 70% more contagious than other coronavirus variants circulating in the UK and has already...

According to the research, published in the peer-reviewed journal mBio, the ability to track SARS-CoV-2 mutations in wastewater could be pa...

The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago.

On 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...

About 11,000 people who were to travel on direct flights between India and the UK till the end of the year will have to either cancel their...

"Based on the data to date, we expect that the Moderna vaccine-induced immunity would be protective against the variants recently described...

Matt Hancock suggested the tougher measures - which require about a third of the population of England to stay at home except for essential...

Under the measures, residents in those areas must stay at home, with limited exemptions. People are also urged to work from home when they ...

The new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by a professor at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use by ...

Weekly figures from Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) added more than 7,000 deaths in England and Wales, raising the total for...

Tata Steel, which owns the UK's largest steelworks in Port Talbot in Wales, is holding discussions with the Welsh government as well as the...

"It is correct that the hard work and forbearance of the British public is paying off. The rates of transmission are falling. "But the numb...

"We had an exponentially growing curve of infections which we interrupted at a certain time," epidemiologist Neil Ferguson said.

The patient, being treated by West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, had underlying health conditions. It appears the virus was acquired i...