UK Covid live: Boris Johnson sets out roadmap to end England's lockdown
Prime minister tells MPs new plan for schools, social contact, retail and hospitalityBoris Johnson considers ‘Covid status certificates’ to unlock EnglandStep by step: how England’s Covid lockdown will be liftedScotland vaccination drive linked to big drop in hospital admissionsVaccinating children could be key to stifling Covid, say expertsGlobal coronavirus updates – live 3.40pm GMT Johnson says these measures are for England. But he says the devolved administrations have similar plans.He says the vaccines seem to be effective against the dominant strains of the virus. 3.37pm GMT Boris Johnson starts by saying his roadmap will guide the government “cautiously but irreversibly” to lifting the lockdown.