Matt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference later this afternoon, No 10 has confirmed.
The Health Secretary will update the nation on the latest developments with coronavirus.
Mr Hancock will be joined by deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, and medical director of primary care for NHS England and NHS Improvement, Dr Nikki Kanani.
It will take place at 5pm.
It comes as the Prime Minister faced Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday after allegedly saying he would rather see “bodies pile high” than impose another lockdown.
Boris Johnson was also grilled by MPs over allegations on the funding for refurbishments to his Downing Street flat.
No 10 has refused to say whether Mr Johnson received an initial loan from the Conservative Party to cover renovations to his residence in No 11.
But the Electoral Commission has announced it will investigate the refurbishment of the flat, saying it was “satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred”.
The conference today also comes after the eligible age to book a covid vaccine was lowered twice in two days.
Healthy adults aged 42 and over can now book their jabs through the national booking service, following those aged 44 being invited.
There had been supply constraints throughout April, with second vaccines for those at highest risk of Covid-19 being prioritised with the supply that was available.
But even amid supply issues, the NHS was able to extend the rollout of the vaccine programme to its second phase - healthy adults under the age of 50.
The first of this group to be offered the jab was those aged 45-49.
Within a week of the booking system opening, two-thirds of this group had received their first vaccine.
Meanwhile, Spain's tourism minister has said the country is ready to welcome back tourists from the UK in June.
The EU previously set out plans for coronavirus vaccine certificates that could be used by UK holidaymakers this summer.
Digital Green Certificates will be accepted as “proof” a person had a Covid-19 jab, received a negative test result or recovered from the virus, according to the European Commission’s proposal.
