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Q: How likely is London and Essex to move to Level 3?

Hancock The government says it will look at the data next Wednesday.

He says he does not want to preempt this decision.

But they look at the data daily. He says the high number of cases is “worrying”.

Witty “Of course we are concerned,” he says.

He says this is the time of year when respiratory disease rates are high.

In the north and in the Midlands, people have done a great job of lowering prices, he says.

But in parts of London, northeast London in particular, and parts of Essex and Kent, rates have not decreased.

He says this is a “worrying picture”.

Q: Will we be able to spend time with loved ones in the new year?

Yes, but only if you live with them, she says Hancock.

He says it is essential to keep following the restrictions now.

There is a specific set of rules for Christmas, but not for the New Year.

Hancock He says community testing is now being rolled out in 100 council areas.

NHS test and traceability is Now you reach 86% of contacts, He says.

He says that from today, people who have been asked to self-isolate through the Covid app will be able to receive a fee of £ 500 if they qualify.

He also says that the government today announced hospital development projects funded by a £ 600m investment package.

Hancock He says he is particularly concerned about the high number of cases in London, Kent and Essex.

He says the biggest spike is by far in high school children, between the ages of 11 and 18.

We know from experience that a sharp rise in cases in young adults can lead to a spike among the most vulnerable age groups at a later time. We’ve seen it happen before. So we need to do everything we can to stop the spread of disease among school-age children in London.

To address this, he says, the government will immediately launch mass testing of high school students in London’s seven boroughs with the highest rates of Covid, as well as in parts of Essex and Kent.

Hancock He says HS is vaccinating people at 73 hospitals. It will soon be expanded to 10 more sites, and starting next week GPs will start vaccinating people in some locations.

By Christmas, he says, vaccinations will start in foster homes.

Hancock Start b The latest Covid numbers.

He says that the current rate of new cases is now 16,236 cases per day. He says it rose in the last week.

He adds that today there are 15,242 people in the hospital. He says this is down a bit from the previous week.

There were another 516 deaths.

Cases are on the rise in some parts of England, he says, citing Kent, Essex and parts of London.

Matt Hancock The Minister of Health will attend the Downing Street press conference at 5 p.m. Will join him a Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Adviser to the Government, and Professor Stephen Boyce, Medical Director of NHS England.

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Here is my colleague Daniel BoveyEvidence for EU contingency plans for no deal Brixi From January 1.

As previously discussed (see 12.27pm), Conservative MPs have been reluctant to publicly express their doubts about Boris Johnson’s negotiating strategy for the European Union, and about the wisdom of leaving the post-Brexit transition without a trade deal. Only a few did – and even then, only in relatively muted terms.

But Tom Newton Dunn From Radio Times, he says ministers in the private sector are tense.