Matt Hancock has explained the rules around meeting other over New Year.
The Health Secretary responded to a question from the public at his latest press briefing and said there had been no allowances made for the holiday.
Kate from Dudley asked: "New Year's Eve is a special time for some people as much as Christmas is, will we be able to spend it with our close family members?"
In response, Mr Hancock said: "The answer to the question is, yes, if you live with them or are part of your bubble.
"But we are not bringing in a special set of rules for new year as we have for Christmas.
"I know this has been such a tough year for so many of us, so we brought in the rules around Christmas to make sure that people have that opportunity to be able to see some members of their family who they haven't been able to all year but we have to be careful and lets not blow it, especially with the vaccine on the horizon.
"Let's make sure that we all take the actions we need to to look after other people and those who are vulnerable to the disease over Christmas.
"We therefore haven't put in place a set of specific rules for New Year or indeed for lots of other holidays and special occasions throughout this crisis."
During the briefing Matt Hancock also set out the next steps in the UK's vaccination programme - and revealed "tens of thousands of people" have already had the jab.
But speaking in a Downing Street press conference, he warned that coronavirus would still be a threat "for the next few months" and urged everyone to continue obeying restrictions designed to stop the spread of Covid.
He said the vaccine was currently being administered at 70 hospitals, adding: "We will shortly expand our vaccination programme further to ten more locations in England.
"And from next week we plan to begin vaccinations in GP-led sites, and vaccinate in care homes by Christmas."
He said most people will not be vaccinated until next year.
"Well keep on expanding this rollout to reach more and more people. As more vaccines come on stream, we'll open vaccination centres in larger venues likes sports stadia and conference halls next year.
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"And that's when most people can expect to get their jabs."
Mr Hancock expressed concern about the spread of Covid cases, saying the fall in infections was flattening off, and cases may be increasing in parts of London and the south of England. There will be mass-testing of secondary school children in these areas, he said.
He added: "The fall in the number of cases has flattened off and is rising in some parts of the country."
Anyone told to self-isolate by the Covid-19 app will be eligible to claim £500 directly through the app, he announced.
Calling on everyone to obey lockdown rules, he said: "This fight is not over. We must all play our part and stay on our guard now and through Christmas.
"We've got help on the horizon, we can all see that with the vaccine. So don't blow it now."
