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direct to your inboxThe Prime Minister and the Chief Medical officer have given cautious predictions as to when lockdown could be lifted.Boris Johnson and Professor Christ Whitty were quizzed about the easing of restrictions at the Downing Street press conference today.Mr Johnson said that only once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February 'we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions'.He continued: “What we can’t have is any false sense of security so that we, as it were, lift the restrictions altogether and then the disease really runs riot in the younger generations.”Prof Whitty said it is “very likely” that the situation will improve by the spring but cautioned that it would not be completely

direct to your inboxEmergency Tier 4 rules will come into force in areas of England, it has been announced.All current Tier 3 areas in London and South East, will be moved into the new, more restrictive tier, just days after being placed under 'very high' alert.This will be a big blow to millions as it comes just days before the new five-day 'Christmas window' was due to come into force across the UK.It comes after chief medical officer Professor Christ Whitty issued a statement on a new variant of the virus in the UK which is spreading through London, Essex and Kent. He said the UK has informed the World Health Organisation that the new variant coronavirus, which was first mentioned by Matt Hancock on Monday, can spread more rapidly.

Boris Johnson will give a coronavirus press conference tomorrow, flanked by the Government's top scientists.

Boris Johnson has been accused of taking a “nonchalant” approach to safety measures after testing positive for coronavirus.