’Every adult’ in the UK to be offered Covid-19 vaccine by autumn 

Every time you try to flex the rules it could be fatal. The starkest of warnings by the government to stick to England’s lockdown rules as top health officials said the situation now is much worse than last March. And that’s left ministers unable to rule out  even tougher restrictions.

The only ray of hope – mass vaccination – with Matt Hancock promising that “every adult” in the UK would be offered a jab by the autumn.