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A written statement from the Health and Social Care Secretary to the House of Commons on returning to local COVID restriction tiers in England.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
All local authorities in England to be placed in one of 3 tiers based on the latest available data.
The new drive seeks to empower frontline health and care staff by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and locking in positive change seen during the pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke at the NHS Confederation’s NHS Reset Conference about a new strategy to reduce bureaucracy.
Tests will be at the cost of the traveller to protect the capacity of NHS Test and Trace.
UK’s independent regulator to evaluate latest data from Pfizer and BioNTech to ensure the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine meets the standards required.
The UK Government has opened a new walk-through coronavirus testing centre at St Francis Community Centre in Glasgow
Care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests from Monday, the government has announced.
More than 6,000 frontline health workers will have their visas extended for a year for free, including doctors, nurses and paramedics.
People aged 50 to 64 will get free flu vaccine from 1 December as part of expanded flu vaccination programme this winter.
Figures published today show that NHS Test and Trace is reaching more positive cases and their contacts than ever, as numbers using the service continue to increase week on week.
An expansion of the current Vivaldi study will test thousands more care home staff and residents for their immune response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
16 hospitals across England will receive a share of nearly £16 million to introduce electronic prescriptions.
New short film released by the government shows how coronavirus lingers in enclosed spaces, and how to keep your home ventilated.
Vaccine could be delivered to the UK from Spring 2021.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference.
Royal Mail is introducing a weekend extension for some priority postboxes from 21 November.
The UK Government has opened a new walk-through coronavirus testing centre at Thimblerow Car Park in Perth
Biotech company Moderna has published positive efficacy results from its Phase 3 studies of its potential COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium will use the funding to expand whole genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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