Braucht Boris Johnson mit solchen Freunden Feinde?
Der britische Premierminister hat in den Umfragen einen blauen Fleck erlitten und wird von Mitgliedern seiner eigenen Partei beschimpft, weil Regierungsangestellte (einschließlich Johnson) mehrere ausgelassene Partys abgehalten haben, während Großbritannien in der Coronavirus-Sperre war. Eine Handvoll Abgeordneter fordert Johnson offen zum Rücktritt auf, noch bevor eine lang erwartete offizielle Untersuchung der Vorwürfe zurückgemeldet wird.
Und während einige Tories, darunter Kulturministerin Nadine Dorries oder die zerzauster loyalistischer Abgeordneter Michael Fabricant, schwärmten von ihrem Lob
Britain’s daily Covid cases fell for the first time in a month today and hospitalisations dropped in Omicron hotspot London as Government ministers claimed NHS pressure will be ‘short-lived’.
Department of Health figures show there were 179,756 positive tests recorded across the UK over the last 24 hours, down 5 per cent on last week and a drop on yesterday.
The drop has been accelerated by the fact two days’ worth of cases were reported in Wales last Thursday, making
Public health chiefs and Royal Mail bosses have today announced plans to double the amount of lateral flow and PCR test deliveries in a bid to tackle the Covid test supply crisis.
Just hours after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps blamed ‘distribution issues’ for millions of Britons being unable to order testing kits, the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced it had struck a deal with the postal service to ramp up testing kit deliveries.
The agency says it plans to
Britain’s daily Covid cases rose again today and England’s outbreak is now the biggest it’s been since January, according to official figures that add to fears of a difficult winter ahead.
Department of Health bosses posted 44,932 infections, a spike of eight per cent on last Friday. It was the tenth day in a row cases increased week-on-week.
Meanwhile, the number of people being admitted to hospital with the virus also rose, with 827 Covid patients seen on Monday, the
Covid cases in England are now at their highest level since January, with one in 60 people infected on any given day last week, according to Government figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 890,000 people in England – 1.63 per cent of the population – had the virus on October 9, up 13.2 per cent on the previous weekly figure.
Infections have not been as high since the country began to recover from the darkest days of the
Desperate motorists have been filling up jerry cans as the UK’s fuel crisis continued today and Boris Johnson revealed a visa U-turn for 5,000 foreign truck drivers.
Motorists ignored Government pleas for calm as they jammed roads and police had to be called in to marshal drivers amid fears that fuel shortages could bring the economy to its knees.
Photographs are today circulating online showing drivers stocking up on fuel – which is already in short supply because of the
