Hancock: Govt a 'long, long way' from easing virus rules

Britain is expanding a coronavirus vaccination programme that has seen almost 6 million people get first of two doses - even as country’s death toll in pandemic approaches 100,000.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday that three-quarters of UK’s over-80s have received a vaccine shot.

But he warned that authorities were a "long, long, long way" from being able to ease lockdown restrictions, and that pressure on n National Health Service remained "ermous."