The Scottish National Party published a “Roadmap to Referendum” which paves the way to win independence from the UK, Reuters reported. The move comes in a time when Britain struggles with severe Covid-19 crisis on top of suffering from Brexit which parted UK from EU. 

The British government is mulling new restrictions to travelers who intend to visit the country. The projected measures include mandatory quarantine for all passengers from countries that are considered as of a high Covid-19 risk. The quarantine will last for 10 days after arriving in Britain, the Daily Mail reported.

The so called English variant of Covid-19 proves to be more contagious and with higher lethal power, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, quoted by Reuters. Johnson noted that it was possible to link the new variant with higher rate of mortality but elaborated that both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines proved to be effective. The new variant proves to be a challenge for Britain health system as it is transmitted easier.

Britain is resisting an EU demand that it grant full diplomatic status to the bloc’s ambassador in London, causing a row between the recently divorced parties that spilled out into the open on Thursday.

Dozens of UK music stars including Elton John, Ed Sheeran and conductor Simon Rattle are blaming the British government for putting their European tours in danger due to post-Brexit restrictions.

Some British hospitals look like war zones with doctors struggling to cope with an influx of patients infected with COVID-19, the government’s top scientific adviser said, as the death toll rose by a record daily amount towards 100,000.

The Swiss government recommended on Tuesday that voters reject a proposal in a planned referendum on 7 March to ban full facial coverings such as burqas and niqabs worn by some Muslim women, saying the move would hurt tourism, Reuters reported.

More than 20 shellfish trucks parked on roads near the British parliament and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street residence on Monday to protest against post-Brexit bureaucracy that has throttled exports to the European Union.

Two hotels in the Swiss ski resort of St Moritz were put under quarantine on Monday and ski schools were closed in attempt to curb an outbreak of the highly infectious new coronavirus variant, news wires reported.

The UK is vaccinating up to 140 people per minute against Covid-19 on average, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday cited by Reuters. Latest figures show the UK has vaccinated so far 3,857,266 people with a first dose and 449,736 with a second dose.