Boris Johnson to get Oxford/AstraZeneca jab ‘very shortly’
LONDON — Boris Johnson said Wednesday he will be having the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine “very shortly.” The British prime minister told MPs in the House of Commons it was the “best thing he could say”...
View ArticleEx-Conservative chair helped multiple firms get UK PPE contracts
LONDON — A former chair of the Conservative party helped secure lucrative protective equipment contracts for multiple companies during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Feldman — a peer...
View ArticleUK joins countries screening arrivals from China for COVID
LONDON — The U.K. has joined several other European countries as well as the U.S., India and Japan in announcing COVID-19 screening for arrivals from China, after a surge in cases following Beijing’s...
View ArticleUK’s Matt Hancock told to say sorry after lobbying MP watchdog
LONDON — Matt Hancock has been ordered to apologize to the House of Commons after writing an “unsolicited letter” in support of a fellow MP under investigation by parliament’s standards watchdog. A...
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