New Lockdown 2024 Uk. Ministers brought forward the flu and covid vaccine programme by nearly a month after the pirola variant was detected in the uk. The uk health security agency (ukhsa) said it needed “more data” on the new variants to understand how severe and transmissible they might be.
All of the uk is now under strict virus curbs, with wales, northern ireland and most of scotland also in lockdown. Boris johnson announces the third national lockdown.