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Britain Failed By Flawed Planning For Coronavirus Pandemic, Probe Finds
Britain let down its citizens by leaving the nation ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic because of significantly flawed planning and failures by ministers and scientific experts, a public inquiry concluded in a scathing report on Thursday.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry To Issue First Report On Preparedness
A public inquiry examining Britain's response to the COVID-19 outbreak will issue its first report on Thursday, focusing on how well prepared the nation was for handling such a pandemic.
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"Deeply Sorry": Rishi Sunak Apologises To UK Families Hit By Covid
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did not recognise testimony describing a dysfunctional government and saying his hospitality scheme was supported at the time.
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"All Rubbish": Ex UK PM Boris Johnson On Allegations He "Let Covid Rip"
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain's COVID inquiry on Thursday that any suggestion he wanted to allow the virus to "let rip" was "rubbish" and "completely wrong".
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Rishi Sunak Thought "It Was Okay To Just Let People Die", Covid Inquiry Hears
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the Covid-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.
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UN Committee Urges Rich Countries To Waive Patents On Covid Vaccine
A UN anti-racism committee on Thursday urged rich countries -- particularly Britain, Germany, Switzerland and the United States -- to waive coronavirus vaccine patents and said they violated a guarantee against racial discrimination.
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UK Summons China's Ambassador Over Assault Of BBC Journalist In Shanghai: Report
China's ambassador to Britain has been summoned by British government over reports by the BBC which said Chinese police had assaulted one of its journalists covering a protest in Shanghai, the Evening Standard newspaper said.
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"Deeply Disturbing": UK Condemns BBC Journalist's Arrest In China
Britain's government on Monday condemned Chinese police after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai, the latest incident to test relations between the countries.
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Tears, Reunions As New Zealand Opens Borders To 60 More Countries
New Zealand welcomed thousands of travellers from around the globe on Wednesday as the country opened its borders to visitors from around 60 nations including the US, Britain and Singapore for the first time since COVID-19 hit in early 2022.
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British Patient Suffered Longest-Known Case Of Covid Before Dying: Report
The patient had fallen victim to 10 mutations of coronavirus, including Alpha, Gamma and the Omicron.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth On Covid Fight: Left Me "Very Tired, Exhausted"
Britain's Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health workers and a former patient about her own experience of "this horrible pandemic".
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"Horrible Pandemic": Queen Elizabeth Recalls Time She Contracted Covid
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who turns 96 soon, has spoken of serious fatigue after she contracted Covid-19 in February despite aides downplaying her illness.
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Japan To Lift Covid Entry Ban For 106 Countries Including US
Japan plans to ease COVID 19-related border restrictions by lifting its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries including the United States, Britain and France on Friday, the government said.
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UK Ends All COVID-19 International Travel Restrictions
All remaining COVID-19 pandemic related international travel restrictions, including filling in Passenger Locator Forms before arrival and compulsory pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers, have been scrapped from Friday.
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Barring Mask Requirement, UK Ends All Covid Restrictions
Anyone testing positive for COVID-19 will no longer be legally bound to self-isolate, as all remaining coronavirus restrictions come to an end for England on Thursday.
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Britain Failed By Flawed Planning For Coronavirus Pandemic, Probe Finds
Britain let down its citizens by leaving the nation ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic because of significantly flawed planning and failures by ministers and scientific experts, a public inquiry concluded in a scathing report on Thursday.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry To Issue First Report On Preparedness
A public inquiry examining Britain's response to the COVID-19 outbreak will issue its first report on Thursday, focusing on how well prepared the nation was for handling such a pandemic.
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"Deeply Sorry": Rishi Sunak Apologises To UK Families Hit By Covid
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did not recognise testimony describing a dysfunctional government and saying his hospitality scheme was supported at the time.
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"All Rubbish": Ex UK PM Boris Johnson On Allegations He "Let Covid Rip"
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain's COVID inquiry on Thursday that any suggestion he wanted to allow the virus to "let rip" was "rubbish" and "completely wrong".
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Rishi Sunak Thought "It Was Okay To Just Let People Die", Covid Inquiry Hears
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the Covid-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.
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UN Committee Urges Rich Countries To Waive Patents On Covid Vaccine
A UN anti-racism committee on Thursday urged rich countries -- particularly Britain, Germany, Switzerland and the United States -- to waive coronavirus vaccine patents and said they violated a guarantee against racial discrimination.
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UK Summons China's Ambassador Over Assault Of BBC Journalist In Shanghai: Report
China's ambassador to Britain has been summoned by British government over reports by the BBC which said Chinese police had assaulted one of its journalists covering a protest in Shanghai, the Evening Standard newspaper said.
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"Deeply Disturbing": UK Condemns BBC Journalist's Arrest In China
Britain's government on Monday condemned Chinese police after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai, the latest incident to test relations between the countries.
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Tears, Reunions As New Zealand Opens Borders To 60 More Countries
New Zealand welcomed thousands of travellers from around the globe on Wednesday as the country opened its borders to visitors from around 60 nations including the US, Britain and Singapore for the first time since COVID-19 hit in early 2022.
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British Patient Suffered Longest-Known Case Of Covid Before Dying: Report
The patient had fallen victim to 10 mutations of coronavirus, including Alpha, Gamma and the Omicron.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth On Covid Fight: Left Me "Very Tired, Exhausted"
Britain's Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health workers and a former patient about her own experience of "this horrible pandemic".
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"Horrible Pandemic": Queen Elizabeth Recalls Time She Contracted Covid
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who turns 96 soon, has spoken of serious fatigue after she contracted Covid-19 in February despite aides downplaying her illness.
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Japan To Lift Covid Entry Ban For 106 Countries Including US
Japan plans to ease COVID 19-related border restrictions by lifting its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries including the United States, Britain and France on Friday, the government said.
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UK Ends All COVID-19 International Travel Restrictions
All remaining COVID-19 pandemic related international travel restrictions, including filling in Passenger Locator Forms before arrival and compulsory pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers, have been scrapped from Friday.
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Barring Mask Requirement, UK Ends All Covid Restrictions
Anyone testing positive for COVID-19 will no longer be legally bound to self-isolate, as all remaining coronavirus restrictions come to an end for England on Thursday.
