Tiers needed to avoid third national lockdown, Hancock warns Tory rebels
The Health Secretary said the tiered system is ‘the most proportionate way to take the action that we need to keep people safe’.
The Health Secretary said the tiered system is ‘the most proportionate way to take the action that we need to keep people safe’.
Medway, Dover and Harlow have recorded the biggest week-on-week increases.
Boris Johnson said it would be wrong to ‘take our foot off the throat of the beast’ now.
Torfaen has recorded the biggest week-on-week increase.
Boris Johnson faces a revolt on Tuesday over the introduction of the system of coronavirus restrictions in England.
Findings from Imperial College London’s React study show there was a 30% drop in cases across the country over almost a fortnight this month.
His argument will be boosted by new figures suggesting coronavirus infections fell by almost a third in England during the second national lockdown.
A crunch Commons vote on the measures will take place on Tuesday.
The Government is seeking to head off a rebellion among Tory MPs over the new tier system which is set to come into effect next week.
The vaccine has yet to be approved by the MHRA, but doses could begin being delivered next spring if it meets the standards.
At least 203 frontline health and care workers have died during the pandemic.
Arcadia, the main bulk of the businessman’s empire, is reportedly on the brink of administration.
Oxford University scientists have said they are looking closely at the data and are due to publish in a peer-reviewed journal shortly.
Medway, Gravesham and Dover have recorded the biggest week-on-week increases.
Sir Jeremy Farrar said that in a fast-moving epidemic, any delays mean playing catch-up later.