MPs will vote on England’s latest lockdown with Boris Johnson under pressure over the chaos over schools and his strategy for deploying coronavirus vaccines.
MPs will vote on England’s latest lockdown with Boris Johnson under pressure over the chaos over schools and his strategy for deploying coronavirus vaccines.
The Commons has been recalled from its Christmas recess to debate and retrospectively vote on the measures announced by the Prime Minister on Monday.
The Prime Minister will update MPs on the new controls, while Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will set out his plans for England’s pupils after schools were closed, with GCSE and A-level exams cancelled.
(PA Graphics)
Mr Johnson believes the rollout of vaccines will provide a route out of lockdown, but his strategy was criticised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
MPs will vote on England’s latest lockdown with Boris Johnson under pressure over the chaos over schools and his strategy for deploying coronavirus vaccines.
The Commons has been recalled from its Christmas recess to debate and retrospectively vote on the measures announced by the Prime Minister on Monday.
The Prime Minister will update MPs on the new controls, while Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will set out his plans for England’s pupils after schools were closed, with GCSE and A-level exams cancelled.
(PA Graphics)
Mr Johnson believes the rollout of vaccines will provide a route out of lockdown, but his strategy was criticised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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British Health Secretary Matt Hancock. PHOTO: AFP
Dec 21, 2020 06:00 am
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LONDON: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said yesterday that the government has imposed a strict Christmas lockdown in London and south-east England because a new strain of the coronavirus is out of control .
Mr Hancock warned that the strict measures could stay in place until the virus vaccine is fully rolled out. We acted very quickly and decisively, he told Sky News, justifying the stay-home order and closure of non-essential shops affecting around a third of England s population. Unfortunately the new strain was out of control. We have got to get it under control.