Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a Downing Street press conference, No 10 has said.
This comes a week after his briefing with Chief Scientific Advisor, Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty.
This evening, he will be joined by key advisors and chief medical experts.
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Brits will be able to watch the press briefing on Liverpool ECHO's Facebook page, as well as BBC and ITV.
What will Mr Johnson say?
The Government is grappling with ways to bring the infection rate down as the vaccine programme is rolled out.
Mr Johnson has refused to rule out the lockdown lasting until the summer, while Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was "far too early" to speculate on whether restrictions would be lifted in time to allow Britons a foreign holiday during the warmer months.
Northern Ireland has confirmed its coronavirus lockdown is to be extended for a further four weeks to March 5.
The Government's caution in announcing a timetable to ease the lockdown has sparked fears in the hospitality industry that ministers could be preparing to tell pubs and restaurants to keep their doors closed until May, despite the Government aiming to have vaccinated all the most vulnerable by next month.
As 1,290 further deaths were reported on Thursday, and experts modelling the pandemic suggested there could be a huge surge in cases if restrictions were lifted too early.
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Dr Marc Baguelin, from Imperial College London, who sits on the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) which advises the Government, said the opening of the hospitality sector before May would lead to another "bump" in transmission.
What time is Mr Johnson speaking?
The PM alongside his advisors and experts will be speaking at 5pm tonight.
You can watch the press conference here.
