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Watch live: Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds coronavirus news conference, as the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is recommended for adults of all ages by WHO scientists. Follow live analysis:

First question: Is there evidence of reduced infecion rates in the top two priority groups?This chart shows the amount of people who have so far had a COVID-19 jab in the UKAnalysis by Jon Craig, chief political correspondent

Alongside top boffin Sir Patrick Vallance, the PM is likely to be quizzed about the effectiveness of vaccines, following new claims that just one Covid jab could offer two thirds protection. He says it is to"save lives, prevent serious illness and so the whole country can take another step on the long and hard road back to normality".

He added:"Many companies will not see their way through next winter if we go through a second summer of no bookings."The country's health ministry said 335 further deaths were reported today, a fall from 422 a day earlier.New government data up to 9 February shows that of the 13,577,851 jabs given in the UK so far, 13,058,298 were first doses - a rise of 411,812 on the previous day.

Dr Alejandro Cravioto, the head of the committee, said evidence suggested that the vaccine was most effective if the second dose was given eight to 12 weeks after the first.He also said that although clinical trials included few people over the age of 65, there was other evidence that supported its use in the elderly.

Vaccine guidelines were published today by Spanish health authorities - and are expected to be approved later in the day by regional health officials for the AstraZeneca shots and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.The guidance says the AstraZeneca vaccine shouldn't be given to people over 55 years or people with serious illness, because there is no data to show it works on them.

It comes after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that foreign holidays will remain banned until "everybody" has had a COVID-19 vaccine. "People need to see their children, they need to see their parents, they need to see the people that they love, they need to have something to look forward to."A joint statement by UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore and WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that in the COVID-19 vaccine race,"we either win together or lose together".

 

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