Covid News Live: Latest Lockdown Updates As Boris Johnson Announces Christmas Plan

Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that the coronavirus lockdown imposed in England will be lifted on December 2.

Addressing the House of Commons on Monday, Johnson confirmed that the shutdown will not be extended.

However, new measures against the coronavirus will be introduced, with a new reinforced tiered approach.

Boris Johnson is set to announce plans for the next coronavirus restrictions to the House of Commons this afternoon, starting at 3.30 p.m.

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Wales has made it mandatory for secondary school and university staff and students to wear face covers in all areas outside of their classrooms and on school transportation.

In an announcement Monday, Education Minister Kirsty Williams said the new guide would be “simple to follow, easier to administer and will ensure there is a consistent policy across Wales.”

Previously, schools and local authorities were responsible for creating their own policies on when and where face covers should be worn in school settings.

Under the new rules, visitors to schools and universities, including parents and caregivers, will also be required to wear face covers.

Four million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca are expected to be available in the UK by the end of the year, and the two-dose candidate vaccine has been found to be as effective as 90 percent.

The UK government, which helped finance the development of the vaccine, pre-ordered a total of 100 million doses to share in Britain.

AstraZeneca has said that it expects 70 million of them to be rolled out by the end of March next year.

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Wales could see the adoption of stricter national restrictions that would share a “common approach” with the tiered systems of England and Scotland, the country’s health minister said.

Vaughan Gething said the measures would result in “change” for the people of Wales for a “limited period of time”, in line with restrictions expected to be imposed in England and Scotland in the run-up to Christmas.

According to PA Media, Gething said the restrictions would be considered as England nears the end of its four-week lockdown.

“We need to get into the holiday season, but that may mean we will look to think about the measures that Scotland has introduced, as well as England, where they have a tiered system that greatly complements the other,” Gething said.

“So, for the next week, we will be thinking if we need to have common approaches as much as possible, in terms of how we ask people to live their lives, and that may mean there will be some changes.” he said.

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has said it is “ready to deliver” on its promise to provide “broad, timely and equitable” access to its coronavirus vaccine produced in collaboration with the University of Oxford.

“We have been constantly laying the groundwork for the rapid delivery of our potential # COVID19 vaccine, should it receive regulatory approval,” AstraZeneca said in a tweet on Monday. “

“We are committed to providing broad, timely and equitable access to the vaccine and we are ready to deliver,” he said.

AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced earlier in the day that trials had found the vaccine to be up to 90 percent effective, and government officials hailed the news as a major advance in the fight to end the pandemic. of covid-19.

Sir John Bell, a royal professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, has suggested that life could begin to return to normal in the spring, if the coronavirus vaccine is effectively implemented in “a large percentage of the vulnerable population.” .

Speaking to the BBC Sir John said: “We are now on the right track … we have three vaccines, and they will all work.”

“Knowing what can be done with vaccine launches, you should be able to get a large percentage of the vulnerable population covered by spring, defined as April,” he said.

The Duke of Cambridge congratulated the Oxford researchers in a video call Monday on their findings that their coronavirus vaccine produced in collaboration with AstraZeneca was up to 90 percent effective.

During the call, Prince William said, “Well done, I’m very happy for all of you, I really am.”

“I saw on everyone’s faces in June how much time and effort was being put into this, and I could see that there was a lot of pressure on everyone, so I am very excited that you have solved it, so really well done,” said the Duke of Cambridge.

Earlier this month, it was revealed that Prince William had contracted Covid-19 in April.

As coronavirus rates continue to fall in most local areas of England, some parts of the country have seen their cases rise.

According to an analysis of the latest figures from PA Media, the Swale district in Kent now has the highest Covid-19 rate in the country.

The coastal district’s number of cases in the week leading up to Nov. 18 surpassed those in the Yorkshire town of Hull, which now has the second-highest rate, according to the analysis.

Swale reported a rate of 631.7 cases per 100,000 people for the seven days to November 18, up from 425.8 cases per 100,000 reported in the previous week.

Swale City Council was expected to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to assess the situation.

Council leader Roger Truelove said the recent increase in cases was a “major cause for concern,” according to PA.

Truelove said it was “frustrating to see people still not covering their faces or keeping their distance when they should.”