The WHO director-general said blanket booster programmes are likely to "prolong the pandemic rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries who already have high levels of vaccination coverage."

It is the second day in a row infections have topped 100,000.

“The Government has a responsibility to keep our data and country safe. It feels like they are failing at both.”

"Well, Boris has always been able to get away with things that mere mortals can’t seem to," former prime minister David Cameron has said.

People who believed these documents had a basis in law might as well be “dressing up as Professor Dumbledore and saying magical spells”.

“Travel restrictions over the last two years have challenged the practicalities of relocation,” the EY head of financial services for Europe has said.

"Thou art a twat with nought to blather so thou thinks thou art smart by quoting ye olde shite," wrote one person in response.

"Keep the change, ya filthy virus", one person reacted.

“Juvenile, pathetic, moronic, self indulgent, narcissistic fool who jokes as people get sick, as people die, as families grieve."