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Former health secretary was asked to make clear in Pandemic Diaries that he was not reflecting government’s viewMatt Hancock was instructed by the Cabinet Office to tone down claims in his memoir that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory …
TERRORISTS could be acquiring “extraordinary means” to launch an apocalyptic biowar with virus-laden “insect drones”, an expert has warned.
Raina MacIntyre said the world is “facing an existential threat to human surviv…
Improving situation in China prompts decision, say news reports quoting Biden administration officialsThe US is preparing to relax Covid-19 testing restrictions for travellers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the deci…
Change in parents’ work patterns since Covid may have led to pupils staying homeSchools in England are seeing “a huge amount” of pupil absence on Fridays with children staying at home with their parents following a shift in attitudes post-Covid, MPs ha…
Iran’s Health Ministry annouced on Tuesday more than 600 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. Five people died of the disease during the time span.
Those eligible are being urged to come forward for the jab as infections remain high across UKVulnerable people in the UK are to be offered another Covid booster jab this spring, public health bodies have said, as the virus continues to circulate at hi…
WhatsApp leak shows then health secretary agreeing with idea of threatening to withhold funds for local projectsUK politics live – latest news updatesMatt Hancock and a senior aide discussed ways to block funding for MPs’ local projects, including a ne…
Whitehall chief called travellers being confined to Covid hotels ‘hilarious’, according to leak of chats with former health secretaryFormer senior civil servants have expressed surprise and concern at the cabinet secretary, Simon Case’s “unprofessional…
Jeremy Quin says it is unprecedented for serving permanent secretary to resign to take job with leader of oppositionQ: What do you think of Boris Johnson nominating his father for a knighthood in his resignation honours?Starmer replies:The idea that Bo…
Official figures on Monday show more than 500 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Iran over the past 24 hours, marking a rapid upward trajectory in the daily caseloads.