Tag: Great Britain
Despite Omicron Wave, Britons Are Set on Not Losing Another Christmas
LONDON — Under the exuberant Christmas decorations strung above one of London’s most famous shopping streets, presents filled the arms…
U.K. System Strained as Health Care Workers Get Covid Themselves
LONDON — In the hospital in southwest England where Joanna Poole works as an intensive care doctor and anesthesiologist, the…
U.K. Weighing Lockdown Amid an Omicron Wave and Political Turmoil
LONDON — With coronavirus cases in Britain exploding, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the government is leaving open…
Britain’s Conservatives Lose ‘Safe’ Seat, Dealing Blow to Boris Johnson
LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Friday crashed to an election defeat in a district it had represented for more…
Omicron Is an Economic Threat, but Inflation Is Worse, Central Bankers Say
There is still a lot scientists do not know about Omicron. There is cautious optimism — but no certainty —…
Conservatives Abandon Johnson Over New Covid Rules
LONDON — The British government estimates that 200,000 people a day are being infected with the latest coronavirus variant, Omicron.…