England is still “some way away” from being able to start relaxing lockdown restrictions, the chief executive of NHS Providers says.
Chris Hopson says a “logical point” to start lifting restrictions would be once the top nine priority groups have had a coronavirus vaccine.
The easing of England's lockdown will be based on a "cautious and prudent approach", Prime Minister Boris Johnson says.
The UK will expose a group of volunteers to Covid-19 in a bid to establish which vaccines and treatments work best.
Up to 90 healthy volunteers aged 18-30 will be involved in the study, aiming to find out the smallest amount of virus needed to cause infection.
Vulnerable young people should be prioritised when the UK rebuilds after coronavirus, England's outgoing children's commissioner Anne Longfield says.
Research by the think tank Reform suggests hospital waiting lists in England could more than double and hit 10 million by April.
The Australian state of Victoria and the New Zealand city of Auckland will both exit snap lockdowns on Thursday.
Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died this month after raising almost £33m for NHS charities, left "a legacy he could never have imagined", his daughter says.
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