The next phase of the UK's vaccine rollout will be based on age rather than occupation, with those in their 40s next in line.
There is a "moral duty" to put saving lives first in the rollout, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says.
Hancock tells a Downing Street briefing that the aged-based approach is "fastest and simplest way"
The health secretary also calls on people to "stick at it" in terms of observing the stay-at-home rules.
"Do not wreck this now... it is too early to relax", England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam adds.
A further 345 people in the UK have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test - a fall of 35% compared with last Friday.
The Ivory Coast receives its first shipment from the global vaccine-sharing scheme Covax.
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