UK COVID news live – latest updates: Lockdown is not working, expert says - as study suggests self-isolation period could be cut to 7 days

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“We now have given over five million doses of vaccine across the UK to 4.6 million people.” Health Secretary MattHancock announces that 65 pharmacy led vaccine sites are coming on stream this week. Get live coronavirus updates:

By Rowland Manthorpe, technology correspondent

As much as we want to see the back of it, we might have to get used to it hanging around for quite a while longer. Sorry, but it's what all the science suggests.President Biden will sign 10 executive orders today to fight the pandemic, including directing that disaster funds be used to help reopen schools and requiring that people wear masks on planes and buses, officials said.that killed 400,000 people in the United States under Donald Trump's watch.

The data, published on Thursday, also showed the proportion of people borrowing £1,000 or more had increased from 35% to 45% since June 2020. He said the rush to vaccinate as many people as possible should not come at the cost of people's safety.Work took place through the night last night to secure a facility in Wrexham where Oxford vaccines are being stored.Expert says lockdown is not working

The survey showed conducted between 6 and 15 January, suggests one in 63 people were infected across England, an increase of 50% on the last survey in early December.Four senior Welsh politicians under investigation over claims they broke lockdown rules Schools are better prepared in delivering remote learning this time round, the research suggests, with 23% of primary school pupils doing more than five hours of learning a day, up from 11% in late March.

Poorer parents are struggling the most, with 28% of families on low incomes saying they are finding the latest lockdown more difficult than the first, compared to 15% of the most affluent parents.Arnold Schwarzenegger is the latest celebrity to receive a COVID jab but who else has had one?Rapid turnaround coronavirus tests could be used to detect the most infectious people and potentially help when it comes to relaxing lockdown restrictions, scientists have suggested.

The party said people from BAME backgrounds have been hardest hit by the pandemic and must not be"left behind" as the vaccination programme progresses. The California Department of Public Health has reported the total of 694 new deaths which is second to the record 708 reported on 8 January.

 

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