The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll is probably higher than 27,24 1, making it one of the worst-hit countries in Europe, opposition Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, said on Wednesday as he questioned the government’s response to the outbreak.
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The British High Commission in Nigeria said in a statement on Friday that the three additional flights would bring the total number of people flown back to the UK from Nigeria on Government charter flights to around 2,000.
UK trials of a coronavirus vaccine on people will begin on Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
The United Kingdom’s hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 847 to 14,576, as of 1600 GMT on April 16, the Health Ministry said.
Britain on Thursday extended its nationwide lockdown for no less than another three weeks, as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak, which has already claimed over 138,000 lives globally.
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has left the intensive care unit after spending three nights there for the treatment of symptoms associated with the Coronavirus Disease.
Police in one of Britain’s largest cities on Thursday urged the public to observe a near-lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, after breaking up 660 parties in just four days.
Buses in the British capital on Wednesday began introducing stricter measures to protect drivers and other staff from possible infection with novel coronavirus, following the death of at least nine drivers.
His spokesperson told newsmen at a briefing on Tuesday in London that the condition of the prime minister was stable.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of solidarity to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, who is down with Coronavirus Disease.
UK deaths from the coronavirus could rise to between about 7,000 and 20,000 under measures taken to slow the spread of the virus.
Former Director-General of the Nigeria Law School, Dr. Kole Abayomi, has died in the United Kingdom after contracting Coronavirus Disease.
“Uppermost in our mind has been the health and safety of all of those who come together to make Wimbledon happen – the public in the UK and visitors from around the world, our players, guests, members, staff, volunteers, partners, contractors, and local residents – as well as our broader responsibility to society’s efforts to tackle this global challenge to our way of life,” read the statement, posted on the official Wimbledon website.
A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia says wives are permitted to refuse to have sex with their husbands who do not comply with precautions against the novel coronavirus.
The UK will use firefighters to help deliver food, retrieve dead bodies and drive ambulances as it braces for the looming peak of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has condoled with the family of Engr. Suleiman Achimugu, who passed on in the early hours of Monday after a bout with Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Britain’s government opened the first part of a £330 billion ($384 billion) loan guarantee scheme for businesses on Monday, which will help small and medium-sized firms borrow up to £5 million to deal with coronavirus stoppages.
Governance actors in Nigeria have reviewed and appraised the successes, influence and impact of civic engagements in the country so far in order to ensure that citizens get maximum benefits from government activities.
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised against all international travel for 30 days based on new domestic measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The confirmation was made by the Lagos State Ministry of Health on its Twitter handle on Tuesday