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    • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
      ExplainerCovid-19 vaccines
      Why are vaccine boosters needed and who in the UK will receive them?

      Britain is joining nine other countries that have announced similar programmes offering an additional jab

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Hospitalisation risk for unjabbed Delta strain sufferers double that of Alpha

      Researchers say study findings are of particular concern for countries with lower vaccination rates

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid vaccines estimated to have prevented over 100,000 deaths in England

      Data on benefits from the jab come as NHS is told to draw up plans to vaccinate children aged 12-15

    • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Young people make up a fifth of Covid hospital admissions, says NHS England

      New chief Amanda Pritchard urges under-35s to get vaccinated

    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      UK warned overseas travel will not return to normal before next year

      Johnson says priority is to keep people safe in Britain but suggests relaxation of quarantine rules being examined

    • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Public health experts issue warning over future England lockdowns

      Government racing to fully inoculate all over-50s and offer first dose of jab to all adults

    • Friday, 18 June, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Hopes rise for shorter Covid third wave as growth in UK cases slows

      Data suggest early surge from Delta variant may have given way to steady climb

    • Monday, 31 May, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      Scientists warn against June lifting of all Covid restrictions in England

      Concern grows over the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected in India

    • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Longer gap between Pfizer jabs boosts antibody response in elderly

      Researchers say results vindicate UK decision to extend interval between jabs from 3 to 12 weeks

    • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
      Medical science
      UK boosts laboratory capacity to tackle Covid-19 variants

      New facilities, funded by £30m investment, to ‘future-proof’ country from threat of new variants 

    • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Single Covid vaccine dose cuts risk of household transmission ‘up to half’

      Public Health England releases most comprehensive research yet into effect of immunisation

    • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil found in the UK

      Health authorities say 6 people found to have the strain, with one yet to be traced

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Single dose of Pfizer vaccine shows signs of success in UK

      Early data need confirmation but government push to extend gap between jabs receives a boost

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      High Court told of ‘widespread’ failure to publish Covid-19 contracts

      Good Law Project claims UK government broke law in not releasing details of awards within stipulated timeframe

    • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      ‘Too early’ to predict when lockdown will end, warns Johnson

      Senior scientific adviser says it would be unwise to reopen England’s pubs and restaurants until May

    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Care homes confident of avoiding repeat of UK’s first Covid wave

      Even with rising infections, providers say better controls and vaccine rollout are preventing mass outbreak

    • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid infection shown to provide as much immunity as vaccines

      Researchers ‘strongly encouraged’ by findings of reinfection study among UK health workers

    • Friday, 1 January, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Covid variant spread rapidly in England even during lockdown, study finds

      Government caves in to demands and closes all London primary schools in latest U-turn

    • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      New Covid variant does not cause more severe illness, study shows

      Scientists in England have raced to understand new virus strain identified before Christmas

    • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      First UK-produced rapid Covid test close to gaining approval

      Quick-turnround test has shown positive results in clinical studies, say scientists

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Test-and-trace reporting error triggers health department probe

      Officials race to track thousands of people who had come into contact with others infected with coronavirus 

    • Monday, 24 August, 2020
      Andrew Hill
      Government is no exception to the risks that ruin mergers

      There is not much point in a restructuring if it does not change something for the better

    • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Playing the virus blame game

      Middle of a pandemic is not the time for a major UK health reorganisation

    • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Public Health England rolled into new agency to tackle pandemics 

      National Institute for Health Protection will take in NHS tracing programme and biosecurity centre

    • Sunday, 16 August, 2020
      UK Government
      Ministers set to scrap Public Health England

      Agency has come under attack for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis in England

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