People deemed clinically extremely vulnerable will no longer have to shield from Covid-19 from April 1 in England and Wales.
A "mutation of concern" has been detected in the Kent variant of coronavirus, scientists have said.
London and the South East are now banned from mixing households this Christmas as they are plunged into new Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions in England.
The head of the UK's medicines regulator has said there "should be no doubt" about the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine which will be rolled out...
GPs must be ready to administer vaccines from 14 December, NHS England and NHS Improvement has said in a letter to surgeries.
The UK's four chief medical officers have warned that new coronavirus vaccines will only have a "marginal impact" on hospital numbers over the winter.
A Covid-19 vaccine is "unlikely" to fully stop the spread of the virus, the Government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has said.