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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says 'there is some evidence the UK variant of COVID19 may be associated with a higher degree of mortality', but adds 'all current evidence shows both vaccines remain effective against the old and new coronavirus variant'.

Latest UK figures revealed for deaths, new cases and vaccines

Not only did it hit a new high for the second day in a row, it once again surpassed the daily rate required to reach the government's target of vaccinating 15m people by the middle of February. More worryingly, there is strong evidence that supply is more constrained than we expected. Last week, I published an optimistic analysis based on projections accidentally published by the Scottish government.

On Friday, figures from Public Health Wales showed 30.2% of the over-80s and 59.9% of people in care homes have so far received their first dose of vaccine. The NHS England data shows a total of 558,553 jabs have been given to people in London between 8 December and 21 January, including 504,082 first doses and 54,471 second doses.

Several countries served by the airport require international arrivals to provide proof of a recent negative coronavirus test, including Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. "Everyone working at the airport is trained in general security awareness and along with other measures in place, anyone attempting to commit crime at LLA has a very strong chance of detection.

London, the South East and East of England shows the sharpest deceleration in cases, with an R number broadly between 0.6 and 1.0 and a reduction in infections of roughly between 2 and 8% a day. We are dealing with a more transmissible virus and it may be that tougher controls will be needed, perhaps regionally, to bring the epidemic under control across the country.Priti Patel has said her"thoughts and prayers" go out to the family of a police officer who died after contracting COVID-19.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi denied this was true, with a number of other Conservatives also criticising the newspaper. "He also said why we're putting more vaccine into areas that haven't made as much progress, so everyone in the top four groups can receive the offer of a vaccine by February 15. The number of infections in the community has decreased slightly but remain high, including for all variants of COVID-19, with 1 in 55 people testing positive in England.

 

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