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Covid news - live: Vaccine rollout to get £1.65 billion boost as regional lockdown easing ruled out
© Provided by The Independent Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a £1.65 billion funding boost for the UK's coronavirus vaccine rollout.
Mr Sunak will also pledge a further £33m for vaccine testing and development to protect against future outbreaks and variants, as well as £22m for a study to test the effectiveness of combining different coronavirus vaccines and determine whether a third jab can improve protection.
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The health secretary, meanwhile, has ruled out a regional approach to ending the coronavirus lockdown in England as infection rates are falling at different rates across the country, with some areas reporting almost no new cases.
This has led to calls for the easing of restrictions in parts of England with low numbers of cases, including Plymouth, the Isle of Wight and Brighton.
Matt Hancock told MPs: "Whilst we don't rule out a localised approach to outbreaks, we are going to move down the roadmap as a nation across England."
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