Uk Lockdown

Boris Johnson confirms plans to scrap face mask requirement, says UK must learn to live with virus

Johnson said legal controls will be replaced by 'personal responsibility' when the country moves to the final stage of its lockdown-lifting roadmap

Third COVID-19 wave 'definitely' underway in UK due to highly-transmissible Delta variant, says expert

Professor Adam Finn, who advises the UK govt on its vaccination policy, told the BBC that the country is now seeing a 'race' between the vaccines and the Delta variant

As demand for public transit reduces drastically due to pandemic, London's Tube battles cash crisis

The pandemic has left the world’s oldest subway system facing an uncertain future. The Tube, which relies heavily on ticket revenues, faces a cash crisis.

In London, West End theatres prepare to welcome audiences back a year after lockdown

The stages that collectively employ 3,00,000 people were ordered shut a week before the country went into full lockdown in March 2020. They have remained closed for most of the last 13 months.

A year since first lockdown, UK reflects on 'grief and loss' amid tribute to frontline workers

A year to the day since Boris Johnson first put the country under lockdown to slow the fast-spreading coronavirus, Britain paused to remember those who have died after contracting COVID-19 and reflect on a 12-month period that has turned life upside down.

England plans to lift lockdown by 21 June: Schools, outdoor picnics to resume by 8 March, shops in April

The final stage of the plan, in which all legal limits on social contact are removed and nightclubs can reopen after being shuttered for 15 months, is penciled in for 21 June

'Never thought we'd be saying this': Burger King asks customers to order from McDonald's and KFC

The post shared by Burger King on 2 November has received over 1.15 lakh likes and a number of comments lauding the fast food chain’s efforts.

Active COVID-19 cases below 6 lakh for third day, says Centre; Covaxin launch in Q2 of 2021, says Bharat Biotech

The total caseload in the country rose to 81,84,082, the toll touched 1,22,111 and the recovery rate surged to 91.54 percent, said the ministry in its morning update.

Boris Johnson unveils three-tier COVID-19 lockdown plan; Liverpool in 'very high' risk category

Under the new measures, areas in England are classified at medium, high, or very high risk, and placed under restrictions of varying severity

UK's coronovirus hotspot London headed for stricter lockdown; city sees 953 infections, one-third of country's total cases

The UK capital is headed for much tougher lockdown measures within days as London remains the country's coronavirus hotspot, with over a third of the UK's 2,626 confirmed cases, at 953