UK Covid live: Boris Johnson says 60% of those aged 45 to 49 have now had a coronavirus vaccine
Latest updates: in Downing Street press briefing, prime minister also says one in five adults has now had a second dose
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This means, for example, that if you test positive there might be a tablet you could take at home to stop the virus in its tracks and significantly reduce the chance of infection turning into more severe disease. Or if you're living with someone who has tested positive, there might be a pill you could take for a few days to stop you getting the disease yourself.
I see nothing in the data now that makes me think we are going to have to deviate in any way from the roadmap cautious but irreversible that we have set out.
But the majority of scientific opinion in this country is still firmly of the view that there will be another wave of Covid at some stage this year.
What we are looking at - I think any responsible government would look at - is what ways we can use people's evidence of Covid status just to open up some of those things that are really tough and did prove very tough to open last year
What we're seeing in India is a result of a variant under investigation, it hasn't yet been deemed a variant of concern - I think that was why there has been the delay. I think what the JBC (Joint Biosecurity Centre) has decided is on a purely precautionary basis it's necessary now to put India on the red list.
I want to stress that even before that we have measures in place for everybody coming from India that are very, very tough indeed.
Football was invented and codified in this county. It is one of the great glories of this country's cultural heritage. These clubs, these names, originate from famous towns and cities in our country. I don't think that it is right that they should be somehow dislocated from their home towns, home cities, taken and turned into international brands and commodities that just circulate the planet propelled by the billions of banks without any reference to fans and to those who have loved them all their lives.
Asked by @paulwaugh whether he acted with "honesty and integrity" in his affair with Jennifer Arcuri, Boris Johnson simply says: "Yes".
Which is - I think - the first time the PM has confirmed their relationship. https://t.co/jGBslnSYBx
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Here is the text of Boris Johnson's opening statement at the press conference.
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