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UK begins AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine rollout with dialysis patient

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) on Monday began rolling out the Oxford University vaccine developed by AstraZeneca as protection against Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: No vaccines for Palestinians in Israel

Pressing issues before travel industry, Thousands in Pakistan line up for China vaccine trials, Singaporeans won't be able to choose between vaccines, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

UK registers nearly 55,000 coronavirus cases in past 24 hours: Govt data

The United Kingdom registered 54,990 COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, a drop from 57,725 the day before, according to government figures

UK judge to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Assange can be extradited to US

UK district judge Baraitser will deliver on Monday her verdict on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, where he could face up to 175 years in jail

Curbs in UK might get tougher after record increase in coronavirus cases

US distributes over 13 million doses of vaccines; 4.2 million administered

UK PM Johnson warns of tougher Covid-19 lockdown due to new strain

Prime Minister Johnson warned that the current tiered system of lockdown to arrest the spread of Covid-19 may have to be toughened further as the UK grapples with the new strain of the coronavirus

Four cases of new Covid strain found among UK returnees in Ahmedabad

Gujarat deputy CM and health minister Nitin Patel confirms news, says all precautions are being taken to cure them and prevent further spread

Thailand detects first patients with UK-linked new strain of Covid-19

Thailand has identified its first four cases of the new coronavirus strain that originated in the United Kingdom

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Why UK is delaying second dose of vaccines

Last Covid effects, Taiwan plans Covid free country, fresh wave in South Korea, and other pandemic-related news from across the globe

India-UK flights to restart from Jan 6, UK-India services from Jan 8: Puri

Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday flights from India to UK will resume from January 6, while services from that country to here would resume from January 8 onwards. "Resumption of flights between India & UK: India to UK from 6 Jan 2021. UK to India from 8 Jan 2021. 30 flights will operate every week. 15 each by Indian & UK carriers," Puri said on Twitter. "This schedule is valid till 23 Jan 2021. Further frequency will be determined after review," he added. Earlier, Puri had announced on Friday that only 30 flights per week will operate between India and the UK when services resume from January 8 and that this arrangement will continue till January 23. India had suspended all passenger flights connecting the two countries from December 23 to January 7 as a new variant of coronavirus emerged in the UK.

UK court: Debit Rs 450 cr from accounts of top Pakistani diplomat

Following the court orders, the United Bank Limited UK wrote a letter to the Pakistan High Commission on Dec 29, requesting it to provide written payment instructions with debit account details

Brexit: In northern France, first trucks cross new customs border with UK

Moments after Britain completed its divorce with the European Union, the first trucks hauling goods across the new customs border presented their clearance documents to French agents

UK is free to do things differently, says PM Johnson post Brexit hours

UK PM Johnson said Britain would now be an "open, generous, outward-looking, internationalist and free trading" country that is "free to do things differently and if necessary better" than the EU

India Coronavirus dispatch: Science, health likely to be key focus in 2021

SpiceJet health firm's plan for vaccine rollout, a new British govt study on the UK variant, 2020 in pictures-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Four test positive for new coronavirus variant in Delhi: Health minister

Four people in the national capital have been found to be positive for the new coronavirus variant on Thursday, all have been admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said

'Boris the betrayer' has swindled us over Brexit, England's fishermen say

For England's fishermen, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit trade deal is a betrayal because it allows some European Union boats continued access to Britain's rich inshore coastal waters

UK parliament approves Brexit trade deal with EU as both look to future

British lawmakers approved post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday, as both sides looked to begin a new chapter of relations just days before their divorce becomes a reality

New Covid-19 strain could have entered India prior to Dec: AIIMS Director

All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that it is a possibility that the new mutation could have been present in the country even in November

UK at 'critical moment' as 1-day rise in Covid deaths nears 1,000: Johnson

The UK is at a "critical moment" in the fight against Covid as the single-day rise in the death toll neared 1,000 on Wednesday, the largest increase since April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said

Kerala logs over 6,000 Covid-19 cases, 29 returnees from UK test positive

As many as 29 people who recently returned to Kerala from the UK have tested positive, Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Wednesday