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Feb
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Workers stage largest strike in history of Britain’s health service

Workers stage largest strike in history of Britain’s health service

WORLD
SACHIN RAVIKUMAR and NATALIE THOMAS TENS of thousands of nurses and ambulance service staff walked off the job in a pay dispute, putting further strain on Britain's state-run National Health Service with their largest-ever strike. Nurses and ambulance workers have been striking separately since late last year but Monday's walkout involving both, largely in England, is the biggest in the 75-year history of the NHS. Nurses will also walk out on Tuesday, ambulance staff on Friday, and physiotherapists Thursday, making the week probably the most disruptive in NHS history, its Medical Director Stephen Powis said. Health workers are demanding a…
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Feb
03
2021
By The African Mirror
UK’s special centenarian Captain Tom Moore dies

UK’s special centenarian Captain Tom Moore dies

WORLD
GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and MICHAEL HOLDEN CAPTAIN Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of the battle against the coronavirus, has died aged 100 after contracting COVID-19, his family has announced. Moore struck a chord with locked-down Britain by walking around his garden with the help of a frame to raise 38.9 million pounds ($53 million) for the National Health Service. His endeavour and wit spread joy amid the grim news of the coronavirus outbreak: Moore's message to the world was that the sun would shine again and…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Britain gets ready for roll-out world-first COVID-19 vaccine this week

Britain gets ready for roll-out world-first COVID-19 vaccine this week

COVID-19
ALISTAIR SMOUT and ESTELLE SHIRBON BRITAIN is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors' clinics, the government said on Sunday. The first doses are set to be administered on Tuesday, with the National Health Service (NHS) giving top priority to vaccinating the over-80s, frontline healthcare workers and care home staff and residents. Britain gave emergency use approval for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech last week - jumping ahead in the global race to begin the most crucial mass…
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