Chris Whitty

PM says government ‘expected and recommended’ face masks be worn in crowded indoor settings

Education secretary says system is causing disruption to children; teachers’ unions criticise move

Analysis: Tory MPs are cheering now but will need strong nerves as infections and deaths rise

Johnson’s government considers use of Covid certificates as restrictions ease

Estate agent apologises for ‘upset caused’ in incident with Chris Whitty in London park

Study finds rise in cases in England is being driven by younger people who have not yet been vaccinated

End of Covid social-distancing rules to be delayed for four weeks until July 19th

Former adviser to Boris Johnson tells inquiry that prime minister is unfit for office

Ireland blindly followed Boris Johnson but failed to notice the game he was playing

Certain outdoor activities permitted by London as fears persist of new Covid variants

Johnson to get first dose of vaccine as Serum Institute of India triggers delay in delivery

Gloucestershire town will miss out on an estimated £100m that racegoers spend

Science is a fairly recent invention, while ‘scientist’ was coined less then 200 years ago

World round-up: Cases and hospitalisations appear to be on downward trend in US

Level of infection ‘still alarmingly high’ and NHS under huge pressure, Johnson says

CMO says recent surge in infections due to variant could not have been predicted

Daily number of positive tests for the virus rises above 60,000 for the first time

London, southeast England, all of Wales face lockdowns as Scotland to impose travel ban

UK regulator alert after two NHS staff have adverse reaction shortly after getting first shot

Soaring admissions challenge NHS as country poises for four-week lockdown

Labour leader says the government has lost control of the virus, and is no longer following scientific advice

Prime minister makes no bid to sweeten the pill as he announces new local lockdown measures

Liverpool to be under the most severe Tier 3 Covid restrictions from Wednesday

Classification of localities will determine ‘appropriate interventions’, says Boris Johnson

Concern grows that restrictions are confusing and done ‘on the cheap’

Doubts emerge over Tory plan after prime minister delivers confused response on virus measures

Experts warn Covid cases are doubling every seven days in England, and could reach 50,000 a day by the middle of October

‘Seasons against us’ as revolt brews among Tory MPs over Johnson’s six months of curbs

UK warned it could have 50,000 coronavirus cases a day by mid-October

Plans to allow fans attend final day at Goodwood and The Crucible are scrapped

Chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser contradict prime minister’s assertions

London Letter: CBI leader says business could not cope with failure to reach a deal

Neil Ferguson, a scientific adviser to No 10, says earlier lockdown would have saved lives

London Letter: Reactions to Labour leader’s virtual town hall meetings will worry Tories

PM intends to ‘draw a line under the matter’ as Durham police take no further action

London Letter: New emphasis on testing capacity cannot override terrible death toll

PM promises to gradually refine restrictions to ‘fire up engines of this vast UK economy’

Difficult choices on easing lockdown ahead, says Whitty, as Boris Johnson urges caution

London Letter: There are five tests for ending lockdown. The fifth, that there should be no risk of a second peak, is impossible to meet

Labour leader has first prime minister’s questions, but without Boris Johnson