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EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK'Bake Off' hit with complaints over Matt Lucas's Boris Johnson sketch
The comedian poked fun at the government's coronavirus briefings.
NewsYahoo News UKOver 100,000 people a day got coronavirus in the UK at peak of pandemic in April, Matt Hancock says
The health secretary said currently less than 10,000 people a day are getting coronavirus.
LifestyleYahoo News UKWatch Matt Hancock and Kay Burley's very British exchange about new casual sex guidance
Matt Hancock said people outside established relationships need to 'be careful' to avoid spreading coronavirus.
TechnologyYahoo News UKHave your say: Are you going to download the government's coronavirus contact tracing app?
The app has finally launched after months of delay.
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: The UK is 'like a lorry speeding down a hill with its engine gone', Sage adviser warns
Professor John Edmunds launched a scathing attack on the government's COVID strategy in England.
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Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul clash during Senate hearing on coronavirus
At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back on assertions Sen. Rand Paul made about coronavirus rates in New York, and other aspects of reducing the spread of COVID-19.
NewsYahoo News UK20 places in England where COVID cases are increasing the fastest
There has been a 132% spike in infections in the last two weeks.
HealthYahoo News UKConcerns over government's silence around 'long COVID' health problems
Up to 60,000 people may have suffered long-term effects from coronavirus.
PoliticsYahoo News UKCoronavirus cases spike 132% in a fortnight as daily toll tops 6,000
The UK has seen its highest number of new coronavirus infections in nearly five months.
NewsYahoo News UK‘What about long COVID?’ Concerns over calls to let virus 'go though the young' to achieve herd immunity
Herd immunity is the belief a population can be protected from infection if a certain proportion of people have been exposed.
NewsYahoo News UKThe nine issues British people are most worried about
The pandemic, economy, Brexit and climate change are among the issues people are concerned about.
EntertainmentAssociated PressFinland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport
Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-friendly and quick way to identify infected travelers. Four dogs of different breeds trained by Finland’s Smell Detection Association started working Wednesday at the Helsinki Airport as part of the government-financed trial.
NewsYahoo News UKBoris Johnson accused of using 'scare tactics' to push forward coronavirus restrictions
Speaking during PMQs, the DUP’s Sammy Wilson suggested the government’s dire warnings about the resurgence of COVID-19 had been 'exaggerated'.
HealthYahoo News UKBoris Johnson condemned for 'completely opposite' statements about coronavirus
In his latest PMQs clash with Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer focused on Downing Street’s issues with its test and trace programme.
NewsYahoo News UKScotland records highest number of daily coronavirus cases since pandemic began
Some 25,495 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 25,009 the day before.
PoliticsYahoo News UKNearly half of Britons think Boris Johnson's new COVID-19 rules 'do not go far enough'
In total 45% of people in a YouGov poll said the lockdown rules announced by Boris Johnson 'do not go far enough'.
HealthReutersJ&J kicks off study of single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in 60,000 volunteers
Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> on Wednesday began a 60,000-person trial of an experimental single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that, if proven effective, could simplify distribution of millions of doses compared with leading rivals requiring two doses. The company expects results of the Phase III trial by year end or early next year, Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J's chief scientific officer, said in a joint news conference with officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Trump administration. J&J plans to manufacture as many as 1 billion doses in 2021, and more after that, Stoffels said.
NewsYahoo News UKEngland and Scotland should have the same coronavirus rules, says Jeremy Hunt
The former health secretary urged the two governments to come up with a 'single message'.
NewsYahoo News UKBritain moving towards Sweden’s approach to COVID-19, says leading scientist who met PM
Professor Carl Heneghan said the PM is now trying to control the spread of coronavirus.
NewsYahoo News UKBoris Johnson's COVID-19 rules won’t stop pandemic spreading by Christmas, top scientists warn
Scientists have said a tougher COVID-19 crackdown is needed.
EntertainmentYahoo News UKHave your say: Will six months be enough to suppress coronavirus and return to normal?
New rules are intended to stop the spread of coronavirus.
NewsYahoo News UK'I just thought of Cummings': MPs react angrily after Boris Johnson blames public for COVID-19 spike
Angry Labour MPs cited Dominic Cummings after Boris Johnson blamed coronavirus rule-breakers for the second spike of infections.
PoliticsYahoo News UKBoris Johnson blames COVID rule breakers for latest wave and warns of new national lockdown
Boris Johnson has blamed coronavirus rule breakers for the second wave of infections as he warned of the potential for a second lockdown.
NewsYahoo News UKPub-goers allowed to drink at a friend's house after 10pm curfew, Michael Gove says
The Cabinet Office minister insisted the nationwide 10pm curfew would “make a difference”.
PoliticsYahoo News UKIs the UK edging towards a second national lockdown?
Boris Johnson has warned 'significantly greater restrictions' will be imposed if coronavirus infections don't fall.
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