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The PM said early findings showing a jab can prevent 90% of people getting Covid-19 was positive, but it was “very, very early days”.
From Monday people can travel anywhere within Wales and two households can again form a bubble.
US cases rose by more than 125,000 on Saturday for the third day in a row and deaths exceeded 1,000 for the fifth day in a row. More than 237,000 people have died. Earlier this month top US virus expert Dr Anthony Fauci said the US “could not possibly be positioned more poorly” as the
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The increase in coronavirus infections appears to be slowing around the UK, latest data from the Office for National Statistics show.
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Earlier, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the furlough scheme to support jobs would be extended across the UK until the end of March.
The new rules ban households from mixing indoors or in private gardens, unless in a support bubble.
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England’s chief medical officer said “economically and socially destructive” lockdowns are the only practical option to stem the spread of Covid-19.
Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted it was “a precautionary measure and is not based on any specific threat”.