Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi  said London would be getting more doses and confirmed more vaccines and more primary care networks were "coming online".

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A Brent Council worker hangs a direction sign to the NHS Covid Vaccine Centre at the Olympic Office Centre, Wembley, north London, as ten further mass vaccination centres opened in England with more than a million over-80s invited to receive their coronavirus jab. Picture date: Monday January 18, 2021.


Nadhim Zahawi said the 24-hour rollout could be trialled in the capital before potentially being expanded elsewhere.

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The grim milestone comes as politicians race to try and get infections under control by rolling out vaccines at sites including the ExCel Centre.

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A London Transport famous red bus London passing a Covid-19 sign, after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" as the spread of coronavirus threatens to "overwhelm" the capital's hospitals.


Mr Khan and London Councils chair Georgia Gould have written to the Prime Minister calling for measures similar to those in place last March and April.

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Last night the Mayor activated the severe weather emergency protocol, which should mean homeless people are put into sheltered accommodation. 

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The mayor highlighted quarantine measures currently in place for people arriving in Singapore as an example of what is being done elsewhere.

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Experts said a limited set of data had been put online but was not on a widely available on a public forum.

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A paramedic with ambulances outside the Royal London hospital in London after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February.


An estimated one in 30 people were infected with Covid-19 in London between December 27 and January 2, the ONS said.

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A woman walks past a coronavirus information sign on London Bridge, the morning after Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out further measures as part of a lockdown in England in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.


London's mayor added "I urge each and every Londoner to follow the rules. Stay at home, protect the NHS and help to save lives."

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Ministers must “get a grip” on people arriving in the UK from abroad to stop the spread of coronavirus, the Mayor of London has said.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as junior sister Susan Cole is injected with the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The NHS is ramping up its vaccination programme with 530,000 doses of the newly approved jab available for rollout across the UK.


Susan Cole said: “It was just really surreal, I knew there was going to be a VIP, but I just thought it would be a local MP.

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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a view of the City of London which is covered in low mist.


Coronavirus infections are rising in most London boroughs with infections significantly above the average for England.

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The mayor urged Londoners to follow the measures to "avoid even tougher restrictions".

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Shoppers pass social distancing signs on Oxford Street, in central London.


The capital is showing an average infection rate of 225 cases per 100,000 people - a sharp rise on a week ago. 

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Rebecca Cathersides administers the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to Lyn Wheeler at Guy's Hospital in London, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history. Care home workers, NHS staff and people aged 80 and over began receiving the jab this morning.


Speaking at the vaccination centre, the Prime Minister said it was moving to talk to Lyn Wheeler, who was the first to receive the vaccine there.

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