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BREAKING: More than 100,000 people in the UK have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began

A grim milestone for the UK

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Matt Hancock has said his thoughts are with "each and every person who has lost a loved one" after the UK's official coronavirus death toll topped 100,000.

"Behind these heart-breaking figures are friends, families and neighbours"

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Only the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico have reported a higher coronavirus death toll

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Peter Attwood, an 84-year-old from Chatham, Kent, died in hospital on January 30 last year after falling ill with a cough and fever. He is thought to be the first victim of Covid in the UK.

Now, nearly a year on, it has left a legacy of death and lockdowns in its wake

As well as the grim figures on UK fatalities, the latest Government data reveals that 7,325,773 jabs given in the UK so far. The vast majority - 6,853,327 - were first doses #coronavirus #Covid_19

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It is a "national tragedy" that more than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19, @Keir_Starmer has said

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WATCH LIVE: Boris Johnson gives coronavirus update from Downing Street

He will be joined by England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, and NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens

🔴 Boris Johnson says:

🗨️ ’It’s hard to compute the sorrow that is contained in that grim statistic.

‘The years of life lost, the family gatherings not attended and for so many relatives the missed chance to even say goodbye’

'We will never forget'

A projection commemorating the lives lost to Covid-19 is displayed on BMA House over the weekend. Today the UK surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 fatalities

#coronavirusuk

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We know far more about the virus than we did last year, and this is what the latest data is telling us

#coronavirus

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The headline news from today so far 👇

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🔴Chris Whitty says there are signs that cases are starting to fall more quickly - though ONS data on community spread suggests this decrease is slightly slower than official figures.

He added that hospital rates are still at a very high rate across the country, with NHS staff working with a lot of sick people.

Prof Whitty said fatalities are stabilising at "an incredibly high number".

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🏫Boris Johnson: "I know the educational damage we risk doing by protracted lockdowns"

"We will want to reopen them [schools], but we must do it in a way that is safe, and we must do it cautiously," he said, but adds little clarity about when schools may reopen

Boris Johnson has promised that we will gather together to commemorate the lives lost and the "immense national effort" to tackle the pandemic - from health workers to scientists developing vaccines and key workers

#coronavirus #covid19

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The Prime Minister has been reminded that 20,000 deaths was once seen as a "good outcome" - how would he consider the current toll?

"I think that, you'd exhaust the thesaurus of misery. It's an appalling and tragic loss of life," Boris Johnson has said

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Prof Chris Whitty is asked about vaccines. and the UK two shot strategy. He says the approach means twice as many people will have an element of protection

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Boris Johnson is then once again pushed on whether he regrets some of the decisions made by the Government during the pandemic

He repeats that the Government has "done everything we can to minimise lives lost" and is deeply sorry about every single death

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The Prime Minister is asked about whether schools will reopen on a phased basis, with low transmission areas reopening first. He says:

🔴 If schools are going to go back after half term, on February 22, the Government will give two weeks notice

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Boris Johnson says "yes of course" he has spoken to families who have lost loved ones

On whether NHS staff should get a bonus payment the PM says:

"We will do everything we can to support our wonderful NHS staff"

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Boris Johnson has urged the EU not to put "restrictions on the vaccines or their ingredients across borders", as he warned: "the virus knows no borders"

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