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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced far-reaching relaxation of the corona measures in England. Keeping a distance, wearing a mouth mask or limiting contacts: from July 19, it is no longer necessary. "If we don't reopen our society now, when will we?" Johnson asked. He does keep a lid on the arm: the light for the relaxation will only really be green on July 12.   They were wearing face masks, keeping distance, limiting contacts. From July 19, it should no longer be in England. The old normality is also being returned to the workplace: teleworking is no longer recommended. "If we can't reopen our society in the coming weeks, with the summer and school holidays helping us out, then we need to ask ourselves when we will be able to return to normalcy," Johnson said in a ...

The British Prince Philip, the husband of the British Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away. Buckingham Palace has announced this. He was 99 years old.   "It is with great sorrow that Her Majesty the Queen reports the death of her beloved husband," said Buckingham Palace. "His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle." The prince had been struggling with his health in recent years and was often hospitalized. At the beginning of 2021, he and his wife received the corona vaccine. The British people lose a royal prankster, although he was never king. "I have to admit that I am inclined to ask to be reincarnated as a particularly deadly virus," the British Prince Philip once wrote as a preface to the book If I were an animal. It is typical of the prince that ...

The British authorities have been the first country in the world to permit to infect of volunteers with the coronavirus to investigate what the virus causes in humans.   This concerns a maximum of ninety volunteers between the ages of 18 and 30.   The lung disease that the virus causes, in some cases mainly affects the elderly. A large proportion of the deceased patients are very old.

The UK government will announce a hotel quarantine system for travellers from high-risk countries on Wednesday. British media report that.   British ministers met on Tuesday to specify the approach. Several British ministers met on Tuesday to discuss which additional measures can be introduced for incoming travellers. The government confidences to stop the spread of the coronavirus and its variants even more. Home Secretary Priti Patel and her health colleague, Matt Hancock, have argued for a system of hotel quarantine for travellers from all countries, according to The Guardian. However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not want to hear about that. Johnson wants a hotel quarantine to be imposed only on travellers from certain countries. That now seems to be the plan rendering to...

Seven major vaccination centres have opened their doors in England. The sites are located in sports stadiums and a horse racing track in cities such as London, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester.   The NHS health service says that hundreds of other injection sites will open their doors this week. This brings the total number of injection sites in the country to 1,200. About 600,000 people over 80 who live less than a 45-minute drive from one of the new centres are approached by letter. They can make an appointment by telephone or via the internet or wait until an injection site opens nearby. The United Kingdom was the first European country to vaccinate last month and has now approved three corona vaccines: these are products from Oxford / AstraZeneca, Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna...

The UK government has once again introduced the strictest measures against the coronavirus spread in more areas of England.   This measure is necessary because the highly contagious variant of the virus is emerging in more countries. Previously, the strictest measures already applied to the capital London and the area around it, and since Boxing Day for large parts of the south of the country. Health Minister Matt Hancock announced that in the Midlands, the North East of England and parts of the North West and South West, the most challenging category of measures would take effect from 00:01 Thursday. The shops must be closed, and hospitals are closed for other care. Families should not have contact with other families. According to Hancock, three-quarters of the English populati...