outline its plans for easing lockdown later this month. Schools will be the first to reopen from March 8 at the earliest if the data allows, ministers have said.
Asked what else may be able to open in March, health secretary Mr Hancock told reporters today: "It is still too early to say - even though the vaccine programme is going great guns".
He said there were still "31,670 people in hospital with Covid as we speak right now" - which is "far, far too many".“The NHS is still under pressure and we’ve all got to do our bit to keep those case rates coming down,” he added.The government has said it is on track to reach its target of vaccinating everyone in the top four priority groups, as set out by the JVCI, by February 15.Ministers will be.
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