Coronavirus

More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccinatio

Tracing performance has remained high with 92.6% of contacts reached last week, and the proportion of contacts reached within 24 hours in

Exponential rises in cases in the South East and East of England necessitate decisive action ahead of the formal review on 30 December.

New funding of £800 million is being guaranteed for the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to support peopl

New travel restrictions on passengers arriving in England from South Africa.

The UK Government guaranteed £400 million of new funding to support people, businesses and public services in Scotland with the ongoing i

Care homes across the country will benefit from additional rapid testing to test staff twice a week to help protect residents and workers

Speech by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing.

Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed that lateral flow devices (LFDs) used in mass testing can detect the new COVID-19 variant.

More local authorities to be offered rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests to detect asymptomatic cases and help slow the spread of coronav