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In less than a fortnight, Boris Johnson will announce whether the final stage of lockdown easing will take place as planned on June 21. Here, we examine the impact of continuing restrictions:

A number of areas in Southend have been highlighted on the coronavirus hotspots map following a small rise in the infection rate in the borough.

Scientists show third Covid wave could see highest hospitalisation rates yet as variant could outsprint vaccine roll-out More transmissable variants could cause 6,000 hospital admissions a day - even among a fully vaccinated population The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsle...

Prof Finn, from the University of Bristol, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There’s vulnerability across the country. The idea that somehow the job is done is wrong. “We’ve still got a lot of people out there who’ve neither had this virus … nor yet been immunised, and that’s why we’re in a vulnerable position right now.” He told LBC that pressing ahead with the easing of restrictions on June 21 “may be a bad decision”. Professor Ravi Gupta, a member of the Ne...

The UK has not reported any deaths linked to Covid-19 for the first day since summer last year. No deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday, according to the Government. It is the first time this has happened since July 30, 2020. Meanwhile scientists continue to debate whether the Government should press ahead with the final stages of easing social restrictions later this month. Downing Street has indicated that Boris Johnson still sees nothing in the data...

Every British adult will be able to get vaccinated within weeks – as country records ZERO Covid deaths for the first time in 447 days giving further hope the jabs are working despite 30 percent rise in cases Ministers are preparing to offer vaccines to all over-18s within weeks to help halt the spread of Indian variant  The zero death toll is the first since the depth of summer 2020, when the virus had all but vanished in the UK It marks a milestone for Britain but fears are growing that the...

Prof Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia. - Credit: UEA An expert in infectious diseases at the University of East Anglia believes it is now "likely" that the government will delay the full easing of Covid restrictions on June 21. And Prof Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the UEA in Norwich, said he believed the country was now in the third wave of Covid-19 infections. Prime minister Boris Johnson. - Credit: PA Prof Adam Finn, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immun...

A SCIENTIFIC adviser to the Government has repeated calls to delay the June 21 lifting of pandemic restrictions by “a few weeks”, warning that…

An expert in infectious diseases at the University of East Anglia believes it is now "likely" that the government will delay the full easing of Covid...

The job of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is not yet “done”, an immunisation expert has said as scientists are split on whether the Government should press ahead with the final stages of easing social restrictions later this month. Professor Adam Finn, of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said there are still many people who are vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19 as he warned “the idea that somehow the job is done is wrong”. Experts are divided over whet...