Coronavirus live news: UK records a further 164 deaths and 30,144 new cases; anti-vaxxers protest in London
Figure brings the total UK death toll to 135,147; Russia reports 20,329 new cases in 24 hours; anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Melbourne
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11.13pm BST
Boris Johnson is expected to push Joe Biden for a restoration of UK-US travel during a visit to the White House.
Mr Biden's administration imposed a ban due to soaring rates of the Delta variant of coronavirus. Johnson will also meet vice-president Kamala Harris and other senior figures in American politics next week, PA reports.
10.35pm BST
The US administered 384,911,290 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of Saturday morning and distributed 466,569,635 doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Those figures are up from 383,994,877 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by September 17, out of 464,315,725 doses delivered.
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