A surge of COVID-19 cases in southern England may be associated with a new variant of coronavirus, said U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Hancock stressed there was nothing to suggest it was more likely to cause serious disease, or that it wouldn’t respond to a vaccine. | CBC News

64K views · 326 reactions | A further 8 #coronavirus related deaths have been confirmed in the UK, taking the total to 41,594. There have been an additional 2,659 new #COVID19 cases, bringing the UK total to 355,219. Latest: https://trib.al/WIieafI | Sky News | Facebook

139K views · 506 shares | The UK is in lockdown because of fears the NHS will become "overwhelmed" by Covid-19 cases within weeks. So what would this mean to the health service and how could it be avoided? bbc.in/3ovHvn5 | BBC News | Facebook

All four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, a report published on Thursday claimed. Sky's science and technology editor Tom Clarke provides analysis on the COVID-19 Inquiry's final report. #SkyNews #COVID #UK | Sky News