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Matt Hancock has ruled out the cancellation of support and childcare bubbles to reduce the spread of Covid-19, as the NHS races to vaccinate enough people to see off the virus's new variant.
A plea has been issued for people told to self-isolate to stay in their homes from the minute they get that advice - to stem the spread of coronavirus in...
England’s CMO Chris Whitty has urged the British public to “act like you’ve got” coronavirus.
BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionThere is no current evidence to suggest that the new variant is affected any differently by vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is in "close contact" with UK officials over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus. The new variant is spreading more rapidly than the original version, but it is not believed to be more deadly. Along with the UK, the same mutation of the Covid-19 virus has also been detected in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, the WHO told the BBC. There is no evidence to suggest the new vari...
BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionThere is no current evidence to suggest that the new variant is affected any differently by vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is in "close contact" with UK officials over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus. The new variant is spreading more rapidly than the original version, but it is not believed to be more deadly. Along with the UK, the same mutation of the Covid-19 virus has also been detected in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, the WHO told the BBC. There is no evidence to suggest the new vari...