Matt Hancock blames Apple for coronavirus app failure and claims there was a 'plan b' all along

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images) SpaceX’s Elon Musk said Thursday that the first orbital flight of his towering Starship — the world's most powerful rocket ever built — could come in another month or two.While he anticipates failures, he’s confident Starship will reach orbit by the end of this year.Musk provided his first major Starship update in more than two years while standing alongside the 390-foot (119-meter) rocket at SpaceX's Texas spaceport.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Germanna Community College in Culpeper, Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2022.

The University of Regina Cougars Women’s Hockey team picked up two key victories last weekend against the Manitoba Bisons, thanks in no small part to the play of winger Lilla Carpenter-Boesch.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday.

Dustin Lynch’s album "Blue in the Sky" has finally dropped. The country star announced the surprise follow-up to "Tullahoma" in a tweet on Jan. 19 – about a year after releasing the project that included a duo of No.

Two fake companies that fraudulently took £180,000 from Covid-19 financial assistance schemes have been shut down.

Check here all that WHO said on long COVID. Live Q&A on #COVID19 and Omicron sub-variant BA.2 with Dr @mvankerkhove and @DrAbdiMahamud. #AskWHO https://t.co/NVQMa8HHk7

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Barbara Corbo, a former Mercy Career & Technical High School teacher, was accused of engaging in "sexual contact" with a student.  PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia teacher has been charged after being accused of sexually assaulting a student, according to police. On Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, Philadelphia police arrested 30-year-old Barbara Corbo on the 800 block of Kelly Drive in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Corbo taught at Mercy Career & Technical High School in Philadelphia.

Covid lockdown was introduced, which means by now most of us are used to testing ourselves to see if we have been infected with the virus.Many people may now associate the phrase ‘positive result’ with a confirmed case of the infectious virus that has caused the pandemic.But, that was not always the case.This was clear when a woman messaged a friend with a picture of her pregnancy test - which gave a positive result.Having snapped a photo of the white stick portraying two red lines, the women wrote “positive” with a neutral face emoji.However, there was a bit of a modern day mix-up.Just like how lateral flow tests show two red lines for a positive result, the friend thought they tested for Covid - not for being pregnant.The confused friend replied: “Damn, I hope you feel better.”Along with a prayer emoji, they added: “Quarantine.”Stunned at the response, the pregnant woman slammed: “Are you stupid?”A screenshot of the text was posted to Facebook by user Amber Lee Clark which has now racked up thousands of likes and 33,000 shares.People were left in stitches at the confusion so tagged their mates with laughing emojis whilst they poked fun at the mix-up.One person chuckled: “I hope she takes all the necessary precautions that the CDC has lined out. Don’t need that s*** spreading”Another added: “Name your kid Covid.”Whilst a third user related: “Remember when I sent you my Covid results and you thought I was pregnant?”Someone else shared: “I laughed too hard at this.” Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Patty Hajdu says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed.Hajdu says she understands why Indigenous leaders are sounding an alarm that progress could be lost in regions where provincial governments are rapidly moving to lift public health orders.“Indigenous leaders obviously are concerned,” Hajdu said during a news conference Thursday. High anxiety levels expected in Canadians wary of COVID restrictions lifting - experts Daily active case counts in Indigenous communities have declined 13.2 per cent from last week.

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, attended a drop in event in the Houses of Parliament to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2022.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned people against "taking liberties" with social distancing rules as he said it could lead to the danger of a "serious spike" in coronavirus infections.

Good Morning Britain 's Dr Hilary Jones has explained that testing the entire nation for coronavirus would cost a whopping £1billion a month.

The Sun that most of the complaints that day related to "perceived rude conduct by the presenters" during interviews.

coronavirus pandemic in the UK have become somewhat a part of our lives. At 5pm Monday to Friday, either the Prime Minister or another senior cabinet member would address the public on how they are handling the outbreak plus take questions from the media.

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan returned from his weekend off with a bang - wasting no time in savaging the government's Heath Secretary Matt Hancock.The outspoken TV regular branded Hancock an 'over inflated Prefect' who is risking the health of the nation.Never one to hold his tongue, Piers let rip after seeing Hancock break his own social distancing rules to pat a colleague on the back while in the House of Commons last week.Piers raged: "He appears like an over inflated Prefect at the daily briefings telling us what to do."If he is doing this in for to the camera in the House of Commons then what is he doing when there are no cameras."People look at that think well it cant be that bad then I can do it."As Dr Hilary tried to play

Boris Johnson will unveil the latest coronavirus lockdown measures that can be relaxed on Tuesday – paving the way for pubs, restaurants and hairdressers to reopen on July 4.

People could be asked to register online before going to the pub and order drinks using an app, Matt Hancock has suggested today.

Britain's lockdown's on track to be eased again in a fortnight, the Health Secretary has said.

A new coronavirus tracker has been found on smartphones despite owners not downloading it.

The Guardian reported that the government has been forced to abandon a centralised coronavirus contact-tracing app after spending three months and millions of pounds on technology that experts had repeatedly warned would not work. In an embarrassing U-turn, Matt Hancock said the NHS would switch to an alternative designed by the US tech companies Apple and Google, which is months away from being ready.

The UK coronavirus death toll is up by 173 to 42,461 fatalities since the outbreak began.

Boris Johnson has dropped his strongest hint yet that the two-metre social distancing rule could be dropped in England's schools.

Covid-19 cases worryingly spike following the easing of lockdown.

Coronavirus regulations have made it against the law to stay overnight from your primary residence, but minister are looking to relax the rules before the end of summer.

coronavirus  outbreak. Kober Ltd, based on an industrial estate in Cleckheaton, Kirklees, supplies bacon to Asda stores, Yorkshire Live reports.

Asda has confirmed one of its meat factories is the source of a coronavirus outbreak.

The Government only ever field tested its own failed coronavirus tracing app, despite having now opted for a different Apple-Google design, a minister claims.

Covid-19 cases worryingly spike following the easing of lockdown, the Government has confirmed.

Local outbreaks of coronavirus have hit Leicestershire and West Yorkshire.

Vaccines- Over-50s first in the queue Matt Hancock set out who could be first in line for a coronavirus vaccine if one is proven to be effective. Priority would be given to frontline health and social care workers, the over-50s and those with heart and kidney disease.

Britain said today it will use technology developed by Apple and Google for its troubled coronavirus tracing app, completing an embarrassing u-turn after weeks of delay.

People over the age of 50, frontline workers and the most vulnerable people will be prioritised if and when a coronavirus vaccine is available.

at the daily Downing Street press conference, the Health Secretary said two groups of people will be prioritised.

coronavirus have been abandoned Health Secretary Matt Hancock has conceded that the NHSX app being tested on mobile phones on the Isle of Wight has been scrapped. The team behind the test and trace system to alert phone users when they have been close to someone infected by coronavirus are now  putting all their efforts into a system offered by Apple and Google.

The Government's ditched coronavirus app only picked up contacts with iPhones 4% of the time, the Mirror understands.

coronavirus contact tracing app may not be ready until the winter, a minister has told MPs.

coronavirus social-distancing rules and patted a pal on the back.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared to forget the social distancing rules as he arrived for Prime Ministers' Questions today.

Red-faced health secretary Matt Hancock has said he may have had “Harry Potter on the mind” when he embarrassingly praised “Daniel Rashford” for his work on free school meals.England footballer Marcus Rashford led a campaign to extend the children’s food voucher scheme into the summer holidays, which forced a change in policy with a £120 million fund to feed 1.3 million children in England over the six-week break.Mr Hancock denied the Government had made a U-turn and told Sky News on Wednesday morning: “Righty-ho, I will tell you what happened, the Prime Minister talked to Daniel Rashford, he considered it and made his decision – I think it’s terrific.”England star Rashford, 22, appeared to joke about the error, responding on Twitter: “I’ve

Matt Hancock has blamed getting Marcus Rashford's name wrong in a live TV blunder on watching Harry Potter.

here This followed a campaign by Rashford, 22, who received free school meals as a youngster growing up in Wythenshawe.

Marcus Rashford as 'Daniel Rashford'.The Manchester United star has made all the headlines in the past 48 hours as he campaigned for free school meals to be made available for kids over the summer holidays.The Government confirmed on Tuesday they would indeed further extend the scheme amid the coronavirus crisis, having initially decided to cease the provision of free school meal vouchers during the summer.Hancock was appearing on Sky News on Wednesday morning to discuss the matter but embarrassingly got the 22-year-old's name wrong."Well I’ve seen what happened. The Prime Minister talked to Daniel Rashford.

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Piers Morgan has furiously demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson "do the right thing" and "help starving children".