London -Times of Egypt British Prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday plans for a second National lockdown in England. The new lockdown will begin on Thursday 5 November and would last until Wednesday 2 December. “We must act now to contain this autumn surge. We are not going back …
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Britain announces new local lockdown tier system
London – Times of Egypt British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new three-tier ‘local lockdown strategy’ in a press conference on Monday. Areas in England will be categorised depending on the local infection rates. Medium alert is the lowest tier on the new system, and it means that current …
Read More »Health experts warns of second wave as UK eases lockdown
London – Times of Egypt Health experts in the United Kingdom (UK) warned against a second wave of COVID-19 infections, following the announcement to ease the lockdown by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Presidents of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, Nursing, Physicians and General Practitioners warned British ministers on Wednesday, that …
Read More »UK begins easing lockdown starting June 1st
London – Times of Egypt British Prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday 25 May, that his government is easing the lockdown starting from the first of June. Schools and nurseries will reopen on 1 June for pupils at years 1 to 6, while secondary school pupils and years 10 …
Read More »Brexit: deaths, more deaths … and no-deal calculations
In a nightmare-scenario ‘Brexit’ denouement, the UK government provokes no-deal chaos from which it hopes to profit after its Covid-19 shambles. Paul Mason For Boris Johnson, the year that was supposed to be focused on ‘Brexit’ has turned into a year that’s focused on death. To be exact, 50,000 excess deaths and …
Read More »UK begins easing COVID-19 lockdown
London – Times of Egypt British Prime minister Boris Johnson announced easing the UK lockdown on 10 May. He announced a roadmap for reopening society, which includes a more relaxed guidelines for Exercising, visiting parks and working. Johnson introduced a new ‘COVID Alert Level’, which depends on the rate of …
Read More »Sisi wishes Boris Johnson speedy recovery
Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi tweeted his best wishes for speedy recovery for British Prime minister Boris Johnson. The PM was admitted to an intensive care unit at St Thomas Hospital in London, after his coronavirus symptoms worsened on Monday evening. “Egypt appreciates Johnson’s role in strongly leading …
Read More »How his ‘Brexit’ project explains Johnson’s dithering on Covid-19
Paul Mason explains how Boris Johnson’s idiosyncratic initial response to the coronavirus stemmed from his particularistic empire nostalgia. Paul Mason On March 19th, even as its health service came under growing pressure from the coronavirus, the British government flatly refused to take part in a European Union joint-procurement scheme …
Read More »Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19
London – Times of Egypt British Prime minster Boris Johnson confirmed he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), on Friday 27 March 2020. “I’ve developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that’s to say a temperature and a persistent cough”, said the PM in a video he posted …
Read More »Boris Johnson announces new lockdown measures
London – Times of Egypt: British Prime minister Boris Johnson announced a three-week national lockdown across the United Kingdom, beginning from the evening of yesterday Monday 23 March 2020. The stricter measures come after the quick spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). “You must stay at home”, said Johnson …
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