“Hospitals are stretched to breaking point, with doctors reporting unbearable workloads as they take on more Covid-19 admissions alongside the growing backlog of people who need other, non-Covid care."
After yet another U-turn, we tallied every time Boris Johnson has changed his mind about Covid-19.
"OMG this is brilliant: a compilation of statements from people like Carl Heneghan, Sunetra Gupta, Mike Yeadon, & Julia Hartley-Brewer against the actual reality!"
"Yeh but no but yeh but no but yeh but no but yeh but no but yeh!"
"We’re following the science but only if you replace the ‘ience’ bit with ‘ottish’."
Schools across the country have been shut, "but only after allowing them to be open for one day so everyone could infect each other and take the virus home."
“It is not anticipated that this mutation is sufficient for the ‘South African’ variant to bypass the protection provided by current vaccines."
The statement, to be made at 8pm on Monday, will be followed by the recall of Parliament on Wednesday so MPs can debate the measures.
Meanwhile London’s top market hit its highest point in nine months on Monday as traders across Europe kicked off the new year by celebrating the rollout of a new vaccine in the UK.