LIVE: Matt Hancock leads coronavirus briefing amid care home vaccine milestone
Boris Johnson said care home residents will be reunited with their families as soon as we sensibly and safely can”
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Matt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference as the coronavirus vaccine rollout continues.
The Health Secretary is set to celebrate hitting the crucial milestone of offering a first dose to all elderly care home residents in England.
Figures are expected to show “virtually all” care home residents have had the jab - except where there is an active outbreak of Covid.
Vaccines effective against South African variant say Public Health England
Dr Susan Hopkins said further testing is taking place so predictions could be made with “greater robustness
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What time is Health Secretary Matt Hancock hosting coronavirus press briefing at Downing Street?
The Health Secretary will be joined by NHS England s Professor Stephen Powis and Public Health England s Dr Susan Hopkins
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