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London s Neasden Temple Starts New Covid Vaccination Centre London s Neasden Temple Starts New Covid Vaccination Centre UK Home Secretary Priti Patel paid a visit to the centre, on the premises of Swaminarayan School opposite the temple, and hailed the local community s heroic effort which will help save lives.
The Neasden Temple has been running awareness campaign to address doubts and myths around jabs. (File)
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The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in London, one of UK s largest temples known as Neasden Temple, has opened a new vaccination centre to aid the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines being administered by the National Health Service (NHS).
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(CNN) In March last year, the UK government said it was hopeful the country could cap its coronavirus deaths at 20,000. It was a bleak target to set, but one the nation came to begrudgingly accept.
Ten months on, Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a somber public briefing Tuesday, in which he announced the country could now count more than 100,000 people as its Covid-19 dead, in what he called a grim statistic.
Of the worst-affected nations, the UK has earned the dishonor of having the highest number of confirmed deaths in the world, proportionate to population.
A surge in case numbers that began in December has pushed hospitals to the brink. ICU workers say they have been forced to dilute their care and describe mental health struggles under unprecedented pressure.
January 27, 2021
British people arriving home from 22 high risk countries will have to undergo a 10-day hotel quarantine at their own expense, as the United Kingdom tightens border controls to try to curb one of the world s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. Courtesy photo
LONDON British people arriving home from 22 high risk countries will have to undergo a 10-day hotel quarantine at their own expense, as the United Kingdom tightens border controls to try to curb one of the world s worst COVID-19 outbreaks.
Announcing the measure, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the tougher new rules would apply to travelers from red list countries where we have a particular concern about new variants.
The UK today announced people arriving home from 22 high risk countries will have to undergo a 10-day hotel quarantine at their own expense â taking a leaf out of Australia s handling of the coronavirus pandemic â as the country tightens border controls to try to curb one of the world s worst COVID-19 outbreaks.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the tougher new rules would apply to travellers from red list countries where we have particular concern about new variants.
Non-UK residents will be refused entry, while British citizens and permanent residents will be picked up straight from the airport and transferred to government-provided accommodation where they will begin their mandatory stay.