UK coronavirus death toll up 173 to 42,461 fatalities since outbreak began

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

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Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

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Charli XCX has said that the criticism she’s received on social media lately has taken a toll on her mental health.The singer-songwriter, who releases her fifth album ‘Crash’ on March 18, issued a statement on Twitter yesterday (February 10) to explain that she’s temporarily stepping back from the platform due to the “negativity” surrounding her current campaign.“I’ve always had a pretty open dialogue with you guys and so I just wanna mention a few things that have been on my mind recently,” Charli began.“I have been feeling like I can’t do anything right at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new University of Vavuniya was declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (11).The University of Vavuniya is the 17th State University in Sri Lanka and was established with effect from the 1st of August 2021 via an Extraordinary Gazette on the 8th of June 2021 that elevated the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, to a separate state university in Sri Lanka.The new state university was established for the purpose of providing, promoting, and developing higher education in the branches of learning of Business Studies, Applied Science, and Technology Studies.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of he World Health Organization (WHO), Buti Manamela, Deputy Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of South Africa, Dr Joe Phaahla, Minister of Health of South Africa and Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium today visit a number of public and private sector partners that are collaborating to develop and build WHO’s global mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa.

The government is said to be providing support to officials in Leicester with their efforts in tackling coronavirus - potentially making the city Britain's first local lockdown.The district lockdown is expected "within days" following a surge of coronavrius cases in Leicester, as reported by The Sunday Times.According to the paper, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been examining the legalities of the shutdown after it was revealed 658 new cases were recorded in the region in the two weeks to June 16.Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed on Sunday morning that there will be extra support going into Leicester.When asked on BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show whether Leicester was going to see new restrictions imposed, said: “Well, that is

The Sunday Times reports.

A wave of coronavirus infections in Leicester could see the UK's first local lockdown brought in within days.

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.

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.

Andrew Marr has said that Nick Robinson will host his politics show this Sunday following the death of his father.

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.

Matt Hancock has blamed Apple for the failure of the NHS coronavirus app - and can't say when a new one will be up and running.

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.

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.

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".

Children might not return to school until February if they don't go back this September as planned, a source close to the Government claims.

hereIt follows advice from Tameside’s director of public health, Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, to delay the wider reopening of schools until there is ‘further assurance’ that the COVID-19 infection rate is reducing and the R rate is firmly below 1.The R number tracks how fast the virus is able to spread from an infected person and is vital to ascertaining whether the pandemic is being kept under control.If it is below 1, the virus is on the decline, but figures of above 1 suggest it is growing.Last week, scientists from Public Health England and Cambridge University said their analysis showed that the R rate is hovering just above or below the crucial figure of 1, with the north west having the highest figure at 1.01.