Matt Hancock has said he is "very worried" about the South African variant of Covid-19 and that the country should keep an "eagle eye" on it.
The Health Secretary said there is evidence the South African variant is even more easy to transmit than the UK variant, but added there "isn't evidence of very much spread" in the UK.
Flights to the UK from South Africa have already been banned.
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With an unprecedented breaththrough the Greens were among the surprise winners of the last European elections. Their ambitious climate agenda won over many voters. But Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, inflation and soaring energy costs have all taken heavy toll on the movement's popularity
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AstraZeneca has begun the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID vaccine - ending an era in which it saved millions of lives while being dogged by controversy. Sky News
AstraZeneca has globally withdrawn its Covid vaccine, citing commercial reasons. The company voluntarily revoked its marketing authorization and announced the cessation of vaccine production, rendering it unusable. This decision marks a significant development in the global vaccination effort against Covid-19.
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Nick Thomas-Symonds welcomes Natalie Elphicke to the Labour Party and says her and other recent Conservative Party defections show the government is "frankly disintegrating". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Labour leader has said Natalie Elphicke has made clear the Conservative Party are "out of road" and "incompetent", following her defection to Labour. Sir Keir Starmer added, "I don't think she's alone", and believes there are "many Conservative supporters and voters" who feel Labour is the "only party that can take our country forward". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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An ex-prisoner has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for killing an elderly mobility scooter rider. Lee Byer, 45, was psychotic when he stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. Mr O’Halloran, originally from County Clare, was well-known in the Greenford community. Byer, who had had a string of convictions, was released from Wormwood Scrubs five days before the killing. Mental health reports found Byer was psychotic, hearing voices, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective, including against the UK and South African variants. Kate Bingham, former chair of the UK's vaccine taskforce, said it was great news for..
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told The Andrew Marr Show that there is nocommunity transmission of the South African variant within the UK, saying "atthe moment it is all linked to travel".
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The week before Christmas quickly turned chaotic as the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus had been found in south-east England. The news resulted in..
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