England and Scotland commence new lockdowns as instances rise
Schools experience closed to most pupils in England, Scotland and Wales, while Northern Ireland will have an "extended amount of remote learning".England's rules will come to be reviewed on 15 February and Scotland's this month.
Cabinet Workplace Minister Michael Gove said: "The more we vaccinate the simpler it'll be to lift up these constraints." Mr Gove confirmed GCSE and A-Level examinations in England were becoming cancelled this year, saying Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will make a affirmation in the House of Commons on Wednesday on "how we want to be sure children are pretty assessed".
Meanwhile, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has got announced that businesses found in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to be given a good one-off grant worthwhile up to £9,000, with the measure costing £4bn across the UK.It employs the UK reported an archive 58,784 cases in Monday, in addition to a even more 407 deaths within 28 days of a great test.
Wales, which has experienced a national lockdown since 20 December, said universities and schools would shut until 18 January for most pupils. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland, which entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December plans to put its stay-at-home communication into law, and can have an "extended amount of remote learning", the Stormont Executive said.
Mr Gove told BBC Breakfast: "This is a very, very hard time for the whole country, that is why it's so significant we carry out everything we can in government to vaccinate people."He said a million persons had been vaccinated up to now "until the weekend" in fact it is hoped that quantity will reach a lot more than 13 million in February.
