Boris Johnson faces a make-or-break week over Partygate as Tories warn his ‘Operation Red Meat’ policy blitz might not be enough to save his bacon.
The PM is believed to have been grilled by top civil servant Sue Gray, who could deliver her report on the bewildering array of allegations about lockdown breaches in Whitehall within days.
In the latest claim, it emerged that Mr Johnson attended a leaving do for defence adviser Captain Steve Higham before Christmas 2020, where
Boris Johnson was today told to ‘be careful about changing tactics’ as pressure ramped up on No10 to slash the Covid self-isolation period to five days.
A senior World Health Organization official claimed it was ‘advisable’ not to adapt coronavirus-fighting strategies based on ‘early’ Omicron data.
Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the agency’s health emergencies programme, urged Governments to ‘wait and see’ before acting. However, he claimed the chances of someone transmitting the virus after six days of being
Sajid Javid prahlte heute damit, dass Großbritannien an einem einzigen Tag endlich eine Million Impfungen erzielt hat – da das Land wiederholt das Booster-Ziel von Boris Johnson nicht erreicht.
Herr Javid verkündete heute Nachmittag triumphierend auf Twitter, dass „am Samstag über eine MILLION Jabs in ganz Großbritannien geliefert wurden – was für eine Leistung“.
Ein genauerer Blick auf die Zahlen zeigt jedoch, dass die Zahl die erste, zweite und dritte Dosis umfasst, die an diesem Tag verabreicht wurde, um die
Experten haben Nr. 10 gesprengt, weil sie nur 250.000 einer neuen „bahnbrechenden“ Anti-Covid-Pille bestellt haben, die Tausende von Leben retten könnte.
Pfizers Hausmittel Paxlovid senkt nachweislich das Risiko, dass gefährdete Erwachsene ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert werden oder sterben, um bis zu 90 Prozent.
Und Laborstudien haben auch gezeigt, dass die Pille, die zweimal am Tag eingenommen wird, auch eine „robuste“ Reaktion gegen die neue ultra-übertragbare Variante Omicron bietet, die derzeit in Großbritannien verbreitet ist.
Wissenschaftler haben jedoch in Frage gestellt, warum
Boris Johnson today told ministers that the Omicron Covid variant appears to be even more transmissible than Delta, raising fresh doubts about Christmas freedoms.
Updating his Cabinet on the latest situation this morning, the Prime Minister admitted it was too early to tell if the super-mutant strain was indeed worse but ‘early indications’ pointed in that direction.
Ministers did not debate resorting to No10’s Plan B strategy of working from home and vaccine passports, despite grim warnings about the threat
Britain dished out 420,000 booster Covid vaccines today in a six per cent rise in a week — 80,000 injections short of No10’s ambitious target.
Daily data from the Department of Health shows 19.4million booster jabs have been given out across the UK, with 420,910 administered in the last 24 hours.
Boris Johnson unveiled a mammoth new booster vaccination drive on Wednesday and pledged that all 53million adults in the UK would be offered a booster by the end of
Care boss Niccii Gillett said today she was left ‘heartbroken’ by leaving notes from unvaccinated staff. She said their Surrey home had lost six of 36 employees
No10 was today urged to delay its controversial ‘no jab, no job’ policy for care home workers until April over fears the plans could backfire and kill elderly residents.
From tomorrow, all carers in England must have had two Covid vaccines to keep their jobs or they will be sacked. Estimates suggest up
Doctors have accused the Government of ‘wilful negligence’ for not to re-imposing face masks and WFH guidance despite warnings Covid cases could surge to 100,000 a day within weeks.
This week NHS bosses, trade unions and a slew of high profile scientists called for the country to take a tougher stance on coronavirus restrictions amid surging infection numbers and a lagging booster vaccine rollout.
But in a Downing Street press conference Health Secretary Sajid Javid held his nerve and insisted
