As it happened: Slight rise in Covid cases in UK, ONS statistics suggest

Summary

About 60,000 people in the UK would test positive for coronavirus, up from 54,000 people a week earlier, latest ONS estimates show
Glasgow is to remain in level three of Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions for another week
Janssen’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has been authorised for use by the UK medicines regulator
The EU's medicines agency has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15-year-olds
Vaccines mean "we are in very different place" from the autumn, scientist Dr Mike Tildesley says
Prof Andrew Hayward warns people with only one dose of the vaccine could end up in hospital, even if they are young
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says he sees "nothing in the data that will delay" June's lifting of restrictions in England
Another 10 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test are recorded in the UK

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The head of the National Care Association Nadra Ahmed has rejected a claim by the government last year that it had placed a "protective shield" around care homes early in the pandemic
Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs in England to help tackle what they call a "colossal backlog" of non-urgent operations because of Covid-19
Up to three quarters of new UK Covid cases could be of the Indian variant, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said
People and businesses in Glasgow are expected to find out later whether the city will remain in level three of Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions
High Street banks say they are back to opening accounts for small businesses as normal after pressures amid the pandemic caused problems
After previously successfully keeping coronavirus at bay, Taiwan is currently in the grip of its first serious outbreak.

As it happened: Slight rise in Covid cases in UK, statistics suggest