The latest figures come ahead of the unveiling of Boris Johnson's Covid winter plan on Tuesday. On the issue of masks, she added: "The Prime Minister will be setting out the Covid winter plan tomorrow. However, Ms Coffey said the introduction of vaccine passports had not been "ruled out forever". "What we want to do is avoid vaccine passports, if we possibly can," he said. The issue of vaccine passports has caused growing disquiet among Tory ranks, as well as facing opposition from opposition parties and industry figures.

Source: Daily Mirror September 13, 2021 15:00 UTC