Coronavirus UK news – Boris Johnson showdown with Sturgeon tomorrow as 75% of adults vaccinated amid 12 new Covid deaths
BORIS Johnson will face off with Nicola Sturgeon tomorrow as the UK’s devolved powers discuss their different plans to exit lockdown.
It comes as the UK recorded 12 deaths from Covid today – the highest number of cases since April 1.
After analysis of data on the current rate of coronavirus infections versus hospitalisations and deaths, the PM today declared he as yet hadn’t seen anything to justify delaying the plan to end Covid restrictions on June 21.
Boris did stop short of saying June 21 would definitely happen, however, and insisted on waiting “a little bit longer” before making a firm decision.
“I can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we can’t go ahead with step four of the opening on 21 June,” he said.
Yet he stressed a need to be “cautious” due to “ambiguous” data on how successful the UK’s vaccine programme is in fighting a new infection surge.
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