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Additional coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR testing is to begin in the coming days in targeted settings and postcodes within Harrow, Ealing, Hillingdon and Brent.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The innovative programme to test wastewater for traces of coronavirus (COVID-19) has ramped up sequencing capacity to support variant detection.
Health Secretary confirms details of further measures to tackle the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India.
The exceptional efforts of the social care workforce will be recognised through a new award launched by the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock updated Parliament on the government's response to coronavirus.
Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing.
Everyone in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms can now get a test.
A walk-through coronavirus testing centre has opened at Ramsay Croft Car Park, Dalkeith
Oxford University – an international hub of clinical and medical expertise – will host G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in early June.
New government-funded clinical trial looking at different COVID-19 ‘booster’ vaccines launches in the UK
New government-funded clinical trial looking at different COVID-19 ‘booster’ vaccines launches in the UK.
New actions set out today position the UK as the most advanced genomic healthcare system in the world, and will create jobs.
Health services across the UK have now administered 57.8 million vaccines, including 36.9 million people with their first dose and 20.8 million with both doses.
Working with the local authority, NHS Test and Trace is providing additional testing in the Wembrook and Abbey wards.
Response to a challenge from Good Law Project to the Department of Health and Social Care on whether the government acted lawfully in awarding specific personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts.
Government launches new campaign backed by medical experts, scientists and businesses urging the public to open windows when meeting friends and family indoors.
More than 36 million people in the UK have been vaccinated with 1 dose and 20 million have received 2 doses.
The UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid.
Harry Redknapp, Chris Kamara and Eniola Aluko among the football stars urging people to get COVID-19 vaccine in a new short film.
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