Transcript: Boris Johnson on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of an interview with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson that aired Sunday, February 14, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

• Feb 14, 2021

U.K. hit with biggest economic decline in more than 300 years

While the U.S. economy shrank by 3.5% last year, the U.K. economy contracted by nearly 10%.

• Feb 13, 2021

U.K. hit with worst recession since 1709

Like many nations, the United Kingdom has been hit hard by COVID-19. Along with the tragic loss of life, there has been economic devastation. The U.K. government said the country is facing its worse recession since the Great Frost of 1709. Holly Williams reports.

• Feb 13, 2021
• 3:10

Worldview: Saudi women's rights activist freed

Saudi women's rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is now home after being spending more than 1,000 days in prison. Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign after admitting he made sexist remarks in a board meeting. A 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been charged with murder. A British scientist says the COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. will sweep the world. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "CBSN AM" with today's worldview.

• Feb 11, 2021
• 3:06

Prince Charles and Camilla receive their first COVID vaccines

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, tested positive​ for coronavirus last March.

• Feb 10, 2021

Housing crisis in wake of Grenfell Tower fire

The U.K. is confronting a major housing crisis following the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and concerns about the widespread use of flammable building materials. CBS News reporter and producer Haley Ott reports from London on the investigation and what the government is doing to make high rises safer.

• Feb 10, 2021
• 2:42

As shortages fuel anger, EU leader admits COVID vaccine plan mistakes

"We were late in getting approval... too optimistic about mass production, and perhaps we were too sure that the orders would be delivered on time," EU Commission president confesses to lawmakers.

• Feb 10, 2021

Fears mount over U.K. COVID variant

Scientists say the COVID variant first discovered in the U.K. could become the dominant strain in the U.S. in just a few weeks, increasing the need for Americans to get vaccinated as quickly as possible. Meg Oliver reports.

• Feb 8, 2021
• 3:51

U.K. doctor helps build confidence in vaccine

As COVID-19 inoculation efforts are underway, some people remain hesitant. But these health care workers are doing their best to combat false information and protect their communities. Dr. Nighat Arif shares her story with our partners at BBC News.

• Feb 8, 2021
• 4:36

Top WHO official: Vaccines alone "not enough"

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19, says vaccination is "critical" but "not enough" to fully defeat the virus.

• Feb 7, 2021
• 7:26

U.K. study to test giving doses of two different COVID vaccines

If effective, mixing the shots might provide more flexibility in vaccine rollout – and it may even give a person better protection, scientists say.

• Feb 4, 2021

U.K. says vaccine upgrades coming as 4,000 COVID variants circulate

The U.K.'s vaccine deployment minister says current vaccines should help control variants, but all vaccine makers are "looking at how they can improve" formulas.

• Feb 4, 2021

Inside the lab mapping COVID-19

British scientists say they're concerned after learning the COVID-19 variant first detected in the U.K. has mutated again, which could make vaccines less effective. CBS News visited a lab genetically mapping COVID-19 to understand these new variants. Roxana Saberi reports.

• Feb 3, 2021
• 3:16

Scientists track COVID-19 variant mutations

As the United Kingdom surpasses 108,000 COVID-19 deaths, a new mutation is emerging in the variant first detected in the country. Scientists are mapping the genetic code as concerns rise that evolution could make the variant more resistant to vaccines. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joins CBSN AM with the latest.

• Feb 3, 2021
• 5:49

U.K.'s COVID variant hunters warn U.S. mutations could be widespread

Britain leads the world in tracking down new strains of the disease, and scientists keep finding worrying new mutations — but at least they're finding them.

• Feb 3, 2021

U.K. meets halfway goal in vaccine rollout

Britain passed its halfway mark in its goal of vaccinating 15 million, mostly older people, by mid-February. But other European countries are still struggling with their vaccine distribution. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

• Jan 31, 2021
• 1:54

COVID variant first detected in U.K. now in 50 countries

CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from London on the global impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

• Jan 31, 2021
• 2:29

Novavax vaccine, China-Taiwan & more headlines

Novavax has announced that its coronavirus vaccine is nearly 90% effective and also works against the more contagious variant discovered in the U.K. And China has warned Taiwan that any move towards independence will mean war. CBS News' Ian Lee joins Anne-Marie Green on "CBSN AM" with those and other headlines from around the world.

• Jan 29, 2021
• 3:33

China lashes out over U.K. plan to give Hong Kongers an escape route

Beijing says Britain's plan to give Hong Kong residents a legal, easy path to citizenship, "infringes on China's sovereignty."

• Jan 29, 2021

E.U. and U.K. tensions rise over vaccine supply

The United Kingdom has become the first European country to surpass 100,000 coronavirus deaths as shortfalls from European vaccine manufacturers pits the country against the European Union for the supply. The E.U. is threatening to prevent companies like Pfizer and AstraZeneca from exporting any vaccine orders until its own citizens receive doses, which also creates issues for developing nations in dire need of vaccinations. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata joins CBSN AM to discuss.

• Jan 27, 2021
• 6:31

Suspicious package halts COVID vaccine production at U.K. plant

One man who works at a neighboring unit on the industrial complex in Wales told the BBC he heard "a bang," and saw police searching the area.

• Jan 27, 2021

Europe employs strict measures to curb COVID spread

Strict new lockdown measures are sparking backlash in Europe as countries seek to stem the spread of a mutant variant of the virus first identified in the U.K. Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Jan 26, 2021
• 1:50

800-year-old cathedral is now a mass COVID vaccination site

Europeans are receiving coronavirus vaccinations at unusual mega-sites, rolling up their sleeves at repurposed racetracks, cinemas, ice rinks and rugby stadiums.

• Jan 25, 2021

Face The Nation: Dr. Deborah Birx

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on Dr. Deborah Birx and the new covid-19 variants spreading around the world.

• Jan 24, 2021
• 22:35

U.K. prime minister warns new COVID variant is more deadly

CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from London on the global impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

• Jan 24, 2021
• 1:44

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