The figure includes most people in the government's top four priority groups, including everyone over 75, frontline healthcare workers and nursing home staff and residents.

While the EU is still getting and distributing vaccine — unlike much of the world — it has so far been left in the U.K.'s rearview mirror.

A car accident put the teenager into a coma before the lockdowns started, and he battled COVID-19 while unconscious in the hospital.

Applications for the British National Overseas visa officially opened Sunday, though many have already arrived on British soil to get a head start.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the British government was looking at the option of quarantine hotels -- where inbound travellers pay to be isolated at a hotel on arrival.

AstraZeneca has said it believes a first dose of its vaccine offers protection after 12 weeks, but Pfizer says it has not tested the efficacy of its jab after such a long gap.

President-elect Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki quickly made clear that the incoming president would not be lifting any travel restrictions on Jan. 26.

Johnson announced the tough new stay-at-home order for England that takes effect at midnight Tuesday and won't be reviewed until at least mid-February.

Health experts in Quebec believe it's only a matter of time before the new coronavirus variant is detected there.

The transition period, under which Britain stayed aligned to the EU's trading and regulatory rules, ends at 2300 GMT on Dec. 31.