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The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) were introduced by way of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, using emergency powers available to him under sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. [1]
On Monday 22 February 2021, the UK Government published its 4-step plan to ease lockdown restrictions in England. [70] The first step of the plan, which, amongst other easements, provided for school re-openings, took effect on Monday 8 March.
The UK government and each of the three devolved governments (in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) introduced public health and economic measures, including new laws, to mitigate its impact. A national lockdown was introduced on 23 March 2020 and lifted in May, replaced with specific regional restrictions. Further nationwide restrictions ...
The UK government signs deals for 90 million doses of potential vaccines being developed by Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica and the US biotech company Novavax. [155] Extra ferries are laid on between France and the UK as thousands of holidaymakers race to return to the UK from France before quarantine restrictions begin. [156]
The UK government confirms the lifting of compulsory vaccines for care home workers in England from 15 March. [ 49 ] The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) serving Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath has expressed its concern at the low number of five to eleven-year-olds classed as clinically at risk taking up their offer of a COVID vaccine, with 4.7% ...
The Brexit withdrawal agreement, officially titled Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, [3] [4] is a treaty between the European Union (EU), Euratom, and the United Kingdom (UK), signed on 24 January 2020, [5] setting the terms ...
Portugal changes its quarantine rules for UK tourists, meaning anyone arriving from the UK will not need to quarantine if they are not fully vaccinated, and can provide a negative PCR test instead. [256] A study carried out by Great Ormand Street Institute of Child Health indicates the risk of Long COVID in children is much lower than many had ...
The UK's rollout was among the fastest in the world with among the highest uptake in its first few months, [166] although vaccination rates had slowed down or plateaued by autumn 2021 due to lower uptake in younger age groups. [169] [170] Polling suggests the UK's level of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is among the world's lowest. [171] [172]