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Neil Shaw

What time is Matt Hancock's statement on Tuesday and what will he say?

Health Secretary for England Matt Hancock is to make a statement on coronavirus in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

It comes hours after he gave an update to the nation in an address from Downing Street on Monday evening.

Mr Hancock is due to address MPs on the latest coronavirus developments in the Commons on Tuesday, a date which marks 12 weeks since the UK vaccine rollout began.

Speaking on Monday he said the number of Covid admissions to intensive care units among people aged over 80 in the UK has dropped to single figures in recent weeks.

Government data up to February 28 shows that of the 21,091,267 jabs given in the UK so far, 20,275,451 were first doses – a rise of 185,900 on the previous day.

A further 104 people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday – the lowest daily figure since October 26 – while there were another 5,455 lab-confirmed cases in the UK.

Concerns remain around the worrying Manaus variant, but the Government has defended its border arrangements, with Mr Hancock saying home quarantine measures were already in place and travel restrictions on Brazil had been imposed before the hotel policy was implemented in mid-February.

PHE has identified six UK cases of the P1 variant first detected in the Brazilian city of Manaus – three in England and three in Scotland.

Mr Hancock will face questions after giving an update on the vaccine roll-out and the danger of new variants.

He will speak from 12.30pm.

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