A total of 20,478,619 people have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, UK government figures show.
And a further 844,098 people have had their second dose.
The search for the sixth person infected with the Brazil variant has narrowed to 379 households in the south east of England, Matt Hancock says.
The batch of home testing kits in question has been identified and each household is being contacted, he tells MPs
The person is one of six cases of the P.1 variant found in the UK in February.
A further 343 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, daily figures show - down from 548 on Tuesday.
All secondary school pupils in Scotland to return to classrooms part-time from 15 March.
Northern Ireland leaders agree five-step plan to ease local lockdown - but without timetable.
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