Coronavirus: England may face four-tier system when lockdown ends

How could the new Tiers look? In other coronavirus developments: The number of people dying with Covid-19 rose by 40 per cent in the first week of November, when the virus was to blame for one in every six deaths in England and Wales and killed more people than at any time since May; Nicola Sturgeon had plunged swathes of Scotland into an even tougher lockdown saying it is the only way to save Christmas; Mr Johnson has held a 'virtual' Cabinet as he continues to self-isolating in Downing Street after a mask-free meeting with a coronavirus-infected Tory MP; Mr Jenrick refused to rule out making a coronavirus vaccine mandatory, although he stressed the government would prefer not to do so; The Housing Secretary said it was 'legitimate' for the government to look a whether the foreign aid budget should be temporarily reduced in the aftermath of the pandemic; There are claims 10,000 troops are having leave banned at Christmas amid fears the NHS and local authorities could be pushed to the brink of collapse by coronavirus and Brexit pressures. Matt Hancock, pictured right in Downing Street last night, said ministers 'absolutely hope to be able to replace the national lockdown with a tiered system' Covid deaths rise 40% in England and Wales: ONS reveals 1,937 victims in most recent week The number of people dying with Covid-19 rose by 40 per cent in the first week of November, when the virus was to blame for one in every six deaths in England and Wales and killed more people than at any time since May. The figure is new lab-confirmed cases recorded as of 9am yesterday The Government also announced a further 213 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Monday - up 9.8 per cent from from last Monday's figure of 194 Moderna's vaccine works in the same way as the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, by using genetic material called RNA from the coronavirus to trick the body into making the 'spike' proteins that the virus uses to latch onto cells inside the body However, separate data from the UK's statistic agencies show the figure to be more than 67,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK. Meanwhile, Mr Hancock revealed last night that Britain has secured five million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine after UK officials scrambled to strike a last-minute deal with the US firm.