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BORIS Johnson has warned that tougher lockdown measures may be needed as he announced that around 2.4 million vaccines for Covid-19 have now been…

England’s chief medical officer made the comment as he urged people to cut out any unnecessary contact with anyone outside their home.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said further restrictions may be brought in if people do not follow the rules.

Every over-50 to get jab by MAY: Ministers reveal new pledge to vaccinate 32m within 16 weeks - as Matt Hancock says 2.3million have had dose already with tally rising by 200,000-a-day Ministers have vowed to offer everyone over the age of 50 to get a coronavirus jab in mass national rollout  A successful inoculation drive is No10s only hope of ever ending the constant cycle of tough lockdowns  Under the Covid vaccination plans, teachers and other key workers could be bumped up the priority q...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said further restrictions may be brought in if people do not follow the rules.

Seven mass vaccination centres opened in England on Monday amid efforts to ramp up immunisation.

Number of Covid patients in hospital soars 22% in a week to HIGHEST level ever 11 Jan 2021, 17:34 Updated: 11 Jan 2021, 18:13 Invalid Date, THE number of coronavirus patients in hospital has risen 22 per cent in just a week - to the highest level ever. Health Secretary Matt Hancock tonight warned the highly-contagious mutant strain of Covid is putting the NHS under significant pressure. 2 The number of people in hospital with Covid has hit its highest levels Since Christmas Day there are 13,00...

No10 is said to be privately gloomy about the prospects of ending lockdown next month. March 23 -  the anniversary of the first lockdown -  is being touted as more realistic.

Tracy Nicholls, head of the College of Paramedics, says paramedics are under an unprecedented pressure She said some ambulance crews have reported waiting up to ten hours to transfer a patient to hospital staff    Professor Chris Whitty said hospitals could be overwhelmed in weeks in a scathing article in the Sunday Times Some 46,000 hospital workers are currently off sick with coronavirus as NHS comes under more pressure 

Ferguson grim predictions of 500,000 deaths in the UK convinced government to implement first lockdown  Now, he says he is optimistic there will soon be a slowdown in infection rates - and perhaps even a decline Like many scientists, Ferguson believes herd immunity against Covid-19 should be gained through vaccines  But due to the UK now being one of the worst-hit countries in the world in terms of number of cases, as well as now having three vaccines approved for use, herd immunity is edging...