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PM To Hold Presser Alongside Military Personnel @ 1700GMT On Vaccine Rollout

UK

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold a press conference at 1700GMT (1200ET, 1800CET) on the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Alongside the PM will be the Health Secretary but also Brigadier Phil Prosser, with the expectation that the armed forces could be drafted in to the nationwide vaccine rollout effort.
  • The UK recorded over 1,000 COVID-19 related deaths on 6 January, the country's highest one-day total since April 2020.
  • A leaked report from NHS England stated that London hospitals are set to be overwhelmed within two weeks in the 'best case' scenario, while other reports state that the prevalence of the virus could extend to one in 50 people in England and one in 30 in the capital.

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