![]() 14 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The government bans travel from South America and Portugal over concerns of a new Brazilian variant of COVID-19.13 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The highest daily death toll since the pandemic began is recorded, at 1,564.11 January – Khairi Saadallah is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of three men and the attempted murder of three others during a stabbing in Forbury Gardens in Reading in June 2020.COVID-19 in the UK: Health Secretary Matt Hancock tells the BBC that everybody in the top four most vulnerable groups will be offered a vaccine by 15 February, while every adult in the UK will be offered one by the autumn.COVID-19 in the UK: Professor Peter Horby, chair of the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group says on The Andrew Marr Show "we are now in the eye of the storm" and "it was bad in March, it's much worse now.".9 January – COVID-19 in the UK: Buckingham Palace say that the Queen and Prince Philip have both received the first doses of their COVID-19 vaccinations at Windsor Castle.A new record high daily positive test figure is reported at 68,053. ![]() COVID-19 in the UK: The highest number of daily deaths since the pandemic began is recorded at 1,325.COVID-19 in the UK: A major incident is declared in London by mayor Sadiq Khan, stating that the spread of the virus is "out of control" in the capital.COVID-19 in the UK: A third vaccine is approved for public use, made by US company Moderna and offering 94% protection from the virus.7 January – COVID-19 in the UK: Two anti-inflammatory medications, tocilizumab and sarilumab, are found to cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with COVID-19.The daily number of deaths from the virus exceeds 1,000 for the first time since April 2020. COVID-19 in the UK: Another record daily case figure is reported, with 62,322 new infections. ![]()
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