The first Cities Summit of the Americas will be held in the US city of Denver, Colorado, from April 26-28, the US State Department announced on Wednesday

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to resist calls for imposing a second COVID-19 lockdown in the fall last year, arguing that most people dying from coronavirus were over 80, Johnsons former top aide Dominic Cummings told BBC broadcaster on Tuesday

British Health Minister Matt Hancock, who found himself in the eye of the storm a week ago as prime minister Boris Johnson purportedly called him "hopeless" for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, made headlines on Friday for allegedly having an extramarital affair with a close aide

The UK's Department of Health and Social Care is currently weighing up whether to include expatriates who have been immunized against COVID-19 with vaccines yet to be approved in the United Kingdom, such as Russia's Sputnik V, in the government's proposal to introduce quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated individuals, a spokesperson for the department told Sputnik

UK Prime Minister Boris Jonson allegedly criticized his Health Secretary Matt Hancock at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic calling him "hopeless," according to a private WhatsApp message published by Johnson's former chief aide Dominic Cummings on Wednesday

Health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) are meeting on Thursday at Oxford University, birthplace of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, to discuss a new international approach to preventing future global pandemic and emerging health threats, and bolster international cooperation to eliminate potential dangers posed by animals and the environment, the UK government announced