Covid England: Matt Hancock says vaccines mean this is last lockdown

Matt Hancock today insisted vaccines will mean this is the last national lockdown as he set out four criteria for lifting restrictions. The Health Secretary tried to strike an optimistic tone as he faced questions over the delay in bringing in the brutal curbs to control the mutant Covid strain as he gave evidence to MPs … Read more

Matt Hancock denies ministers dragged their feet over imposing lockdown

Matt Hancock today insisted vaccines will mean this is the last national lockdown as he set out four criteria for lifting restrictions. The Health Secretary tried to strike an optimistic tone as he faced questions over the delay in bringing in the brutal curbs to control the mutant Covid strain as he gave evidence to MPs … Read more

GP surgery used by Matt Hancock to promote vaccine HASN’T GOT ANY

Embarrassment for Health Secretary Matt Hancock as London GP surgery he visits to promote the launch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out reveals it HASN’T GOT ANY Minister visited the Bloomsbury Surgery in central London this morning Said Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine being supplied to GPs across the country But surgery partner said its first delivery had … Read more

Is Matt Hancock backing off mid-February vaccine target ALREADY?

Tory MPs accused Matt Hancock of playing down the Government’s vaccination ambitions yesterday. The Health Secretary described the prospect of giving the jab to the most vulnerable by mid-February as a ‘best-case scenario’. Many of his parliamentary colleagues were not reassured by his comments to them over Zoom yesterday morning. One MP who referred to … Read more

Ministers split over school closures as Boris Johnson eventually sides with doves over hawks

‘Two Tory MPs submit letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson’ amid disquiet over pace of vaccine roll-out and lockdown as ministers are split over school closures By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent and James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 19:01 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 19:18 GMT, 5 January 2021 Boris Johnson‘s Cabinet … Read more

UK’s virus sequencing labs haven’t detected any cases in a fortnight of South African strain

No new cases of the South African Covid variant have been spotted in Britain over the past fortnight, in a glimmer of hope that the highly-contagious mutation has not yet taken root in the country.  Two infections with the mutant form of Covid had been identified on British soil by December 23, Health Secretary Matt … Read more

PM reveals 1.3million have now been vaccinated

The new lockdown in England at a glance  England will be put into a full national lockdown that will last until the February half term.  According to the new rules:   All primary and secondary schools will close with immediate effect Classes will remain only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.  The plan … Read more

Michael Gove warns March is the EARLIEST lockdown can start to be eased

The new lockdown in England at a glance  England will be put into a full national lockdown that will last until the February half term.  According to the new rules:   All primary and secondary schools will close with immediate effect Classes will remain only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.  The plan … Read more

PM plunges England back into March-style lock-down

The new lockdown in England at a glance  England will be put into a full national lockdown that will last until the February half term.  According to the new rules:   All primary and secondary schools will close with immediate effect Classes will remain only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.  The plan … Read more

JOHN NAISH: We face a life or death game against the mutant viruses

Just when we thought we were about to defeat Covid-19 by launching our Oxford vaccine, an alarming strain of the virus has emerged to strike fear into the ministers and experts fighting the pandemic. Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted yesterday that he is ‘incredibly worried’ about the fast-spreading mutant strain that has emerged in South … Read more