Ministers had previously warned people away from booking summer holidays abroad. England’s current lockdown makes it illegal to go on holiday anywhere as people can only leave their homes with a “reasonable excuse”. But the take-up of the vaccine has been “significantly” better than predicted in the UK so far. He added: "To people who are on the edge, going 'should I have this current vaccine, or should I hang on for a SA variant vaccine when it arrives?' Health chiefs also urged over-70s to get in touch even if they'd already been offered the vaccine and turned it down.

Source: Daily Mirror February 08, 2021 18:26 UTC