Plans to force almost all arrivals to the UK to isolate for 14 days have been confirmed by the home secretary. Priti Patel told the Commons that Border Force will check that travellers fill out a form with their contact
The government is looking at ways to relax the 14-day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over coming months, BBC Newsnight has learnt. From Monday, most people arriving by plane, ferry or train – including UK nationals – must
Britain is to introduce a quarantine period of 14 days for those arriving in the UK, Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis confirmed Friday and said ministers would give details later. “People who are coming to the UK will have to
A coronavirus test that gives results in 20 minutes is being trialled, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. The new swab test – which would show whether someone currently has the virus – does not need to be sent to
The U.K. borrowed at a negative interest rate for the first time on Wednesday, amid growing fears of a deep global recession and expectations of further bond-buying action from central banks. In an auction Wednesday, the country’s Debt Management Office
An experimental coronavirus vaccine will go into production this summer at a “rapid deployment facility” before clinical trials have established whether the shots are safe and protect against the infection. The business secretary, Alok Sharma, said the £38m centre would
The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom is now somewhere between 0.7 and 1.0, the government said on Friday, based on the latest scientific advice. Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the rate was 0.5 to 0.9. The rise
Britain’s economy shrank by a record 5.8 percent in March as the Covid-19 crisis escalated and the government shut down much of the country, according to official data that point towards an even bigger hit to come. The monthly drop
The UK scheme to pay wages of workers on leave because of coronavirus will be extended to October, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said. Mr Sunak confirmed that employees will continue to receive 80% of their monthly wages up to £2,500.
The U.K. government has taken its first tentative steps to ease some strict coronavirus lockdown measures and slowly begin to reopen society and the economy. From Monday, citizens who cannot work from home are being “actively encouraged” to go back