UK Covid live: plan to ease lockdown will aim to be 'cautious but irreversible', says Boris Johnson

Latest updates: PM hopes to offer dates for sectors to reopen‘if we possibly can’;case rates fall in nearly 95% of UK local authoritiesFirst travellers arrive at Covid quarantine hotels in EnglandUK reaches milestone of offering first Covid vaccinations to 15m peopleEHRC urged to investigate ‘equality failures’ in Covid responseCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage1.22pmGMTNicola Sturgeon has been giving her daily briefing, and says the Scottish government has met its target of offering the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine to everyone in the top four priority groups.Scotland recorded no deaths of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time since 18 January. A total of 559 positive tests were recorded on Sunday, bringing the total number since the start of the pandemic to 192,375. The death toll remains at 6,715.1.17pmGMTSchools do not play a significant role in driving the spread of Covid-19 in the community, according to a study which has just been released but is yet to be peer reviewed.Cases among teachers fell during the November lockdown - when schools in England remained open - particularly in regions with the toughest restrictions, according to epidemiologists at the University of Warwick.Continue reading...
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