UK Covid live: Boris Johnson addresses parliament as MPs set to vote to approve new lockdown

Latest updates: the Commons has been recalled for vote on new lockdown laws, amid record hospitalisation figures and Covid infection rates Thousands of children sent to unregulated care homes amid CovidStrict Covid restrictions could last months, Boris Johnson signalsUK vaccine minister vows ‘massive uplift’ in number of jabs this weekLeak of November lockdown plan linked to ‘surge in new infections’Global coronavirus updates – live 11.40am GMT Johnson says by 15 February the NHS is committed to offering a vaccination to everyone in the top four priority groups. (See 9.28am.)He says there are already almost 1,000 vaccination centres across the country. 11.38am GMT Johnson starts by saying there is a “fundamental difference” between this lockdown and previous ones. That is because there is now a mechanism for getting out of it - the vaccination programme.He says 1.1m people in England and 1.3m people in the UK have already been vaccinated. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/jan/06/uk-covid-live-boris-johnson-parliament-vote-new-lockdown-latest-updates #coronavirus #politics #uk_news #boris_johnson #gavin_williamson #education #schools #keir_starmer #infectious_diseases