Boris Johnson has warned that a third wave of coronavirus currently spreading across Europe will "wash up on our shores". The daily death toll from Covid-19 fell to 17 today, the lowest in six months, just as the nation was warned a third wave of the virus may sweep in from the Continent.
PM Johnson said people should be “under no illusion” we will “feel the effects” of rising cases across the Channel, where vaccination rates are lagging far behind the UK’s.
Mr Johnson revealed he had talked to EU leaders and was “reassured” that they did not want to see a vaccines blockade that could delay jabs here.
He called for international co-operation, but insisted Britain was still on course to vaccinate the nine priority groups, including over-50s,