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UK records second highest daily COVID toll on Wednesday

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 05:04 AM

LONDON - The United Kingdom on Wednesday recorded its second highest daily death toll from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic as the government battled to speed up vaccination delivery. Read more »

Anger and grief as United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 03:28 AM

LONDON - As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. Read more »

'Some evidence' UK coronavirus strain more deadly, says UK PM Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 09:38 AM

LONDON - The new strain of coronavirus identified in Britain could be not only more transmissible but also more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read more »

UK COVID death toll reaches 94,580

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 05:12 AM

LONDON - The death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom hit 94,580 on Thursday after the country recorded another 1,290 fatalities, while official data showed medics had delivered a new high of 363,508 vaccines in the last 24 hours. Read more »

UK reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths since April

Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 04:21 AM

LONDON - The United Kingdom has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 daily deaths for the first time since April as the government struggles to deal with a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus. Read more »

Britain reports record daily number of new coronavirus cases, topping 40,000

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 02:02 AM

LONDON - Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the reporting of some new cases. Read more »

UK facing 1 million job cuts in 2020 due to coronavirus: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:27 AM

LONDON - Coronavirus could potentially cost one million jobs in Britain this year, with most losses anticipated during the current third quarter, according to a study published on Monday. Read more »

UK state debt tops $2 trillion on virus support

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 06:07 AM

Compared with July 2019, UK debt increased by £227.6 billion, reflecting the huge increase in borrowing needed to tackle the pandemic. Read more »