British health minister Matt Hancock has said that it is too early to say whether the government would stick to its plan to fully lift COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England on June 21.

Britain’s health minister says too early to finalise lockdown easing

British Health Minister Matt Hancock said that it was too early to say whether the government would stick to its plan to fully lift COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England on June 21.

UK Health Minister: Too early to decide on lockdown

UK Health Minister Matt Hancock has published the allegations made by the Prime Minister's former chief aide who accused him of lying. Speaking in the House of Commons Hancock said that Dominic Cummings' allegations were unsubstantiated.

Hancock: Did everything to save lives, Cummings' claims unsubstantiated

British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday "unsubstantiated allegations" from the prime minister's former chief aide, that he had lied to colleagues and the public about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic were untrue.

UK health minister says ex-PM aide's COVID-19 lies claim are untrue

Britain's health minister Matt Hancock will face questions in the House of Commons on Thursday (May 27) after the prime minister's former top adviser Dominic Cummings said he should have been fired for lying in government meetings on COVID-19 .

UK's health minister Hancock to face questions after Cummings brands him a liar

Britain is increasingly confident that vaccines work against the coronavirus variant first found in India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, with a leading epidemiologist saying it may be spreading less quickly than at first feared.

UK increasingly confident that vaccines work against variant first detected in India, says Boris Johnson

The Health Secretary described the current situation as "a race between the vaccination program and the virus", with the new variant having "given the virus some extra legs in that race".

Matt Hancock's big statement over India's COVID variant

As the country reopens, the UK government has now come out to fight the criticism against the administration’s handling of the deadly variant of coronavirus, B1.

Matt Hancock defends UK government's handling of covid variant

According to a study carried out by Public Health England, single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can reduce household transmission of the virus by up to half. After this British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged everybody to get their vaccines as soon as they are eligible.

Study: One dose of vaccine against COVID-19 halves transmission risk

Everyone aged 44 and above in Britain will now be able to book their COVID-19 jab starting on Monday as the UK's National Health Service (NHS) vaccine programme expands further to more younger age groups.

UK extends COVID-19 vaccination drive to everyone aged 44 years and above

Britain's Heathrow Airport has refused to allow extra flights from India before the country is added on Friday to Britain's "red-list" of locations from which most travel is banned due to a high number of COVID-19 cases, the airport said on Wednesday.

Britain's Heathrow Airport turns down airline requests for extra flights from India

Britain on Monday imposed its strictest travel curbs on India after an explosion of coronavirus cases there, hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson called off a trip to New Delhi.

UK adds India to COVID-19 travel 'red list' after Boris Johnson cancels tour

The UK has been trying to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus through extended lockdowns, but to no avail. Now, the country officials have decided to impose a fine of £5,000 ($6,900) for the people from England travelling abroad.

UK to impose £5,000 fine on locals travelling abroad amid surge in coronavirus

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that he is planning a cautious but irreversible path out of the COVID-19 lockdown this week after the vaccination of 15 million vulnerable people.

UK PM Boris Johnson planning cautious path out of COVID-19 lockdown

The UK Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, has gone into self-isolation following an alert of contact tracing through the NHS' coronavirus contact tracing app, he said in a video message on Tuesday.

UK's health secretary Matt Hancock self-isolates after fears of coronavirus

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday that the new variant of coronavirus in South Africa is ''more of a problem'' than the mutation found in the UK.

South Africa coronavirus variant 'more of a problem' than the one in UK, says official

UK health secretary Matt Hancock said today that most of the country will now enter tier 3 and 4 lockdown amid the rising number of the new strain of coronavirus cases.

Most of England enters tier 3 & tier 4 lockdown amid surging coronavirus strain

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that another strain of Coronavirus has detected in the U.K. which has been originated from South Africa.

Today Tonight: New COVID-19 strain from South Africa detected in U.K.

Watch in this video, Matt Hancock, Health Secretary of the United Kingdom speaks on the new Coronavirus strain, and on travel bans.

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks on new virus strain

Amid rising concerns over the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, seven passengers (5 in New Delhi and 2 in Kolkata) of two UK to India flights have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday.

Amid new virus strain scare, 7 flyers from UK test Covid-19 positive at Delhi, Kolkata Airports

The Government of India has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group of Health Ministery on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to a surge in the infection rate there.

Indian health ministry calls urgent meet after new mutant coronavirus spreads rapidly in UK

Government of India on Monday announced that it will temporarily ban flights from the UK to the country after the emergence of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus in Britain.

India bans flights from UK over new Covid-19 variant spread

A coronavirus patient in Italy found with the same new strain of the deadly virus which the UK said is "out of control" and behind a severe surge in infections London and southeast England.

Italy finds patient with new coronavirus strain which UK said is 'out of control'

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Britain’s health minister says too early to finalise lockdown easing

UK Health Minister: Too early to decide on lockdown

Hancock: Did everything to save lives, Cummings' claims unsubstantiated

Hancock: Did everything to save lives, Cummings' claims unsubstantiated

UK health minister says ex-PM aide's COVID-19 lies claim are untrue

UK's health minister Hancock to face questions after Cummings brands him a liar

UK increasingly confident that vaccines work against variant first detected in India, says Boris Johnson

Matt Hancock's big statement over India's COVID variant

Matt Hancock defends UK government's handling of covid variant

Study: One dose of vaccine against COVID-19 halves transmission risk

UK extends COVID-19 vaccination drive to everyone aged 44 years and above

Britain's Heathrow Airport turns down airline requests for extra flights from India

UK adds India to COVID-19 travel 'red list' after Boris Johnson cancels tour

UK to impose £5,000 fine on locals travelling abroad amid surge in coronavirus

UK PM Boris Johnson planning cautious path out of COVID-19 lockdown

UK's health secretary Matt Hancock self-isolates after fears of coronavirus

South Africa coronavirus variant 'more of a problem' than the one in UK, says official

Most of England enters tier 3 & tier 4 lockdown amid surging coronavirus strain

Today Tonight: New COVID-19 strain from South Africa detected in U.K.

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks on new virus strain

Amid new virus strain scare, 7 flyers from UK test Covid-19 positive at Delhi, Kolkata Airports

Indian health ministry calls urgent meet after new mutant coronavirus spreads rapidly in UK

India bans flights from UK over new Covid-19 variant spread

Italy finds patient with new coronavirus strain which UK said is 'out of control'