Too little, too late, too flawed The UK government and its advisers were confident that they were "well prepared" when covid-19 swept East Asia. The four-pronged plan of 3 March to contain, delay, research, and mitigate was supported by all UK countries and backed, they claimed, by ...
The Budget announced a£12 billionplan to provide support for public services, individuals and businesses, whose finances are affected by COVID-19. This includes a£5 billionCOVID-19 response fund to ensure the NHS and other public services receive the funding they need to respond to the...
LONDON, May 10 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed his government's approach to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the next phase in his address to the nation Sunday evening. The prime minister said that the government has a plan to ease lockdown, but "it is a cond...
塔利班夺回政权两个月后,这个国家正面临经济崩溃。 The UK's initial response to the COVID pandemic was one of the worst national public health failures ever, a report by MPs says. It says there was an attempt in effect...
The UK Government restrictions on non-essential work in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced millions of working aged-adults into an unplanned lifestyle change. We present data on changes in commuting behaviour in response to COVID-19 and describe the facilitators ...
LONDON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from COVID-19 in the UK may be far higher than that in the rest of Europe due to a delay in the introduction of physical distancing measures, national media reported Wednesday, quoting a new study. ...
LONDON (AP) — A mammoth three-year public inquiry into the U.K. government's handling of the response to COVID-19 opened Tuesday by asking if some suffering and death could have been avoided with better planning — and whether Britain's complex, protrac
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the defining events of our time. National Governments responded to the global crisis by implementing mobility restrictions to slow down the spread of the virus. To assess the impact of those policies on human mobility, we perform a massive comparative analysis on...
LONDON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The British government announced on Thursday that the country has switched from the "containment" phase to "delay" in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which will see more "social distancing" measures.
Under the new "battle plan", every government department will have a designated Ministerial virus lead to help oversee government response to the threat of COVID-19. Meanwhile, cross-government "war room" of communications experts and scientists will also be set up ahead of public information bli...