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Boris Johnson confirms start of COVID-19 vaccination in UK

Dec 08, 2020, at 10:26 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Tuesday that the United Kingdom was starting vaccination against the coronavirus, expressing gratitude to the National Health Service (NHS), volunteers and all those following safety rules.

UK’s Boris Johnson hopes regulator will approve COVID-19 vaccines before Christmas

Dec 01, 2020, at 02:48 pm

London/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he hoped that two promising coronavirus vaccine candidates would be approved shortly.

UK Prime Minister Boris Jonson says three-tiered system best way to avoid spike in COVID-19 cases

Nov 27, 2020, at 01:54 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The new COVID-19 alert level tier allocations, which will come into force in the UK once the country's nationwide lockdown expires on December 2, is the best way to prevent a spike in COVID-19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a press briefing on Thursday.

Repair ugly rifts and unite against common foe, COVID-19, ‘or everyone will lose’, warns UK’s Johnson

Sep 28, 2020, at 12:07 am

New York: COVID-19 has “united humanity as never before”, the United Kingdom Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level session on Saturday.

UK's Boris Johnson to address Parliament on COVID-19 as cases, deaths surge

Sep 22, 2020, at 10:36 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement on the coronavirus situation in the United Kingdom at the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, the parliament confirmed.

UK Prime Minister congratulates Japan's Suga on election as Prime Minister

Sep 16, 2020, at 11:20 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday congratulated Yoshihide Suga on winning the race for the position of Japan's new prime minister and expressed hope to cooperate and further develop relations between Tokyo and London.

Boris Johnson sets October 15 as deadline for UK, EU to negotiate post-Brexit trade deal

Sep 07, 2020, at 05:18 pm

London/Sputnik: The United Kingdom and the European Union have until October 15 to agree on terms of a free trade agreement after Brexit, otherwise both parties better abandon the talks and "move on," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to say on Monday, according to a transcript released by his office.

Protesters assemble in front of Boris Johnson's residence in London, demonstrate against enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Sep 02, 2020, at 04:27 am

London: Protesters gathered outside the residence of British PM Boris Johnson to demonstrate against Pakistan on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

As China continues clampdown, Britain is planning to give refuge to Hong Kong residents

May 30, 2020, at 08:54 pm

London: It seems Britain is slowly backing its former colony as it is planning to allow hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens to come to Britain if China clamps down further on the city.

COVID-19: Britain may take harder stance against China

May 14, 2020, at 08:29 pm

London: The British government's mollifying stance on China is likely to harden in the coming months once the immediate concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak are dealt with, media reports said.

No guarantee of COVID-19 vaccine: British PM

May 12, 2020, at 01:01 pm

London/UNI:  A COVID-19 vaccine is by no means guaranteed, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

British PM Boris Johnson could modify COVID-19 restrictions before May 7 deadline

Apr 27, 2020, at 03:05 pm

London/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson could ease the coronavirus restrictions in the country this week, before the May 7 lockdown deadline.

British PM to return to work at Downing Street on Monday

Apr 26, 2020, at 08:13 am

London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work at the Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving a London hospital in his fight against the novel coronavirus.

Britain spends £16m by ordering flawed COVID-19 testing kits from China

Apr 19, 2020, at 03:45 pm

London/IBNS: Britain found themselves in midst of trouble, like many other Western nations earlier claimed, after the country paid two Chinese companies an estimated £16 million for two million COVID-19 antibody tests that officials later on found were not accurate enough to be rolled out.

COVID-19: British PM Boris Johnson discharged from hospital

Apr 12, 2020, at 06:36 pm

London/IBNS: Recovering from COVID-19, British PM Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, media reports said.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stable, remains in Intensive Care

Apr 08, 2020, at 09:46 am

London/Sputnik/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stable and will stay in intensive care for a second night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, his office said late on Tuesday.

British PM Boris Johnson is stable: Officials

Apr 07, 2020, at 06:24 pm

London/IBNS: British PM Boris Johnson, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a London hospital, is in 'good spirit', officials said on Tuesday.

COVID-19: World leaders wish Boris Johnson speedy recovery

Apr 07, 2020, at 10:42 am

London/IBNS: Several world leaders wished British PM Boris Johnson as he was admitted to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.

COVID-19: London Mayor Sadiq Khan prays for PM Boris Johnson's swift recovery

Apr 07, 2020, at 10:15 am

London/IBNS: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday wished 'swift recovery' of COVID-19 infected UK PM Boris Johnson who was shifted to intensive care at a hospital here late Monday night.

Boris Johnson moved to intensive care unit after his condition worsens from Covid-19

Apr 07, 2020, at 01:32 am

London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for Covid-19, has been shifted to the intensive care unit of the hospital after his condition worsened, the Downing Street has said. He was admitted to hospital yesterday.   

British PM Boris Johnson's pregnant fiance had COVID-19 symptoms, recovering now

Apr 05, 2020, at 11:35 am

London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pregnant fiance Carrie Symonds has informed that she had spent the past week with Coronavirus symptoms and is recovering now.

After Prince Charles, now British PM Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID 19

Mar 27, 2020, at 05:05 pm

London/IBNS: British PM Boris Johnson on Friday tested positive for COVID 19.

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump discuss Coronavirus pandemic

Mar 15, 2020, at 11:13 am

Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump discussed the situation with the coronavirus pandemic and the recent attacks on the Taji military base in Iraq, the Downing Street said in a press release.

I am honoured: Narayan Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak after becoming UK Finance Minister

Feb 14, 2020, at 11:34 am

London/IBNS/UNI: After becoming the United Kingdom Finance Minister, Indian-origin British MP Rishi Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder and billionaire Narayan Murthy, said he was honoured to assume the new post in the Boris Johnson government.

Britain prepares to leave EU amid public concerns over uncertainty

Jan 30, 2020, at 11:36 pm

London/Xinhua: Amid continuing public concerns over uncertainties, Britain is set to leave the European Union (EU) on Friday after its Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal was given the final seal of approval in the European Parliament Wednesday.

Boris Johnson bans UK ministers from visiting world Economic Forum in Davos: reports

Dec 18, 2019, at 10:26 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has banned ministers from attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos slated for January as the government plans to focus on national priority issues, media reported, citing a Downing Street source.

Trump, Boris Johnson speak over phone on bilateral ties

Dec 17, 2019, at 10:15 am

Washington/Xinhua/UNI: US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday on bilateral ties, said the White House.

UK elections: Conservatives win big majority, Boris Johnson back as PM

Dec 13, 2019, at 01:06 pm

London/IBNS: Borin Johnson is set to be back as the UK Prime Minister as the Conservative Party decimate the Labour Party by winning a big majority.

UK's Conservative party set to win polls comfortably, predicts exit polls

Dec 13, 2019, at 09:57 am

London/UNI/IBNS: An exit poll conducted by BBC, ITV and Sky news broadcasters have predicted a comfortable victory for UK Conservative Party in the Thursday general polls in the nation.

Jeremy Corbyn says disappointed with election results, will leave post of Labour party's head

Dec 13, 2019, at 09:49 am

London/Sputnik/UNI: Head of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn described on Friday the results of the general election as disappointing and announced his resignation from the post of the party’s leader.