On This Day: Britain administers first AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab

On Jan. 4, 2021, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University was administered for the first time, to an ...
WPLG

UK commits to ensuring 'poignant' COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved

Britain-COVID 19-Memorial FILE - A volunteer re-paints a faded heart on the COVID-19 memorial wall in Westminster in London, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty ...
The Economist

Another U-turn from Britain’s government

W HO WOULD dare come between an Englishman and his pint? That is the mistake that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the ...
WPLG

'Too little, too late:' Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID-19 response

Britain COVID 19 FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a news conference about the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak inside 10 ...
Newsday

Boris Johnson denies UK failure in planning COVID school closures but apologizes for mistakes

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday that his government failed to properly prepare for the “horror" of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, but he ...
Newsday

'Too little, too late:' Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID-19 response

LONDON — A public inquiry released Thursday slammed the U.K.'s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020 as “too little, too late,” saying the failure to lock down the ...