Boris Johnson uses cautionary metaphors amid vaccine hopes – video | Politics

‘’Tis the season to be jolly, but it’s also the season to be jolly careful,’ said Boris Johnson, as he set out a new three-tier system for England. He said the government would use ‘tiering, testing and the rolling out of vaccines’ to protect the population over Christmas and into the new year – but he stressed the importance of caution.

Johnson has promised a relaxation of restrictions over Christmas, although details have not yet been finalised with the administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The ‘vast majority’ of vulnerable people who need a Covid-19 vaccine could be vaccinated by Easter, according to the prime minister