2020-07-30
Times Front Page 30th of July 2020
The Times says that people with coronavirus symptoms will be told to isolate for 10 days, rather than seven days, under tougher guidance to stop COVID-19 spreading.
The Times says that people with coronavirus symptoms will be told to isolate for 10 days, rather than seven days, under tougher guidance to stop COVID-19 spreading.
Boris Johnson is concerned that a second wave of coronavirus has already begun according to The Times, which warns that more countries could have quarantine restrictions imposed.
The Times is leading with the government’s warning that all travel poses a risk as it keeps a strict eye on possible extensions to coronavirus restrictions.
The Times reports on “turmoil” with hundreds of thousands of Britons “rushing to cancel foreign holidays” after the government imposed quarantine restrictions on anyone returning from Spain.
The Times says everyone over 50, pupils and vulnerable people will be offered flu jabs by the NHS this winter as health chiefs try to vaccinate about half of the population.
Six Conservative cabinet ministers and eight junior ministers received tens of thousands of pounds from individuals or businesses with links to Russia according to Electoral Commission records, The Times says.
The Times claims Boris Johnson is preparing to give MI5 more powers to stop foreign interference in the UK after the long-awaited Russia report said the government “took its eye off the ball” over Russia.
The Times says the Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial has revealed promising early results – although it is not yet known whether the immune system responses produced will be enough to protect against COVID-19.
Britain is to shelve its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as the government responds to mounting pressure to be tougher on China – that’s on the front of The Times.