Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, has become the first person to receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.Grassroots sport is suspended, but not elite sport. End of year examinations are once again cancelled. Schools are closed from the following day, though vulnerable children and those of key workers may still attend, and pre-school remains open, while university students will not return to campus but instead have online tuition. People are permitted to leave home only for essential reasons, which include work, daily exercise, essential shopping and medical treatment. After saying there is "no question" that tougher COVID measures will be introduced "in due course", Prime Minister Johnson makes a televised address in which he announces another lockdown for England, with rules similar to those in March 2020.Most of England's primary schools are reopened, amid concerns over whether pupils should be returning under the current COVID restrictions.Paediatricians have sought to reassure parents that the new strain of COVID is not more dangerous to children after a nurse based at a London hospital told the BBC that her hospital had "a while ward of children" suffering with the virus.
Wendy Simon, the Acting Mayor of Liverpool, and other Liverpool City Council members, have called for England to go into a national lockdown in order to curb rising COVID cases in the city.Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer calls for a national lockdown to be announced within 24 hours in order to tackle the rising number of COVID cases.Johnson has also stated that tougher restrictions are "probably about to get tougher" in some parts of England as COVID-19 cases continue to increase.They said the argument for reopening amid high infection rates “does not stack up”. So far Essex Council has said that would keep schools closed at least until 6 January Kent county Council along with Birmingham's education authorities asked the `Education Secretary to allow primaries to stay closed. Despite this, many primary schools have still decided to not open after the Christmas break.
Following concerns about the safety of reopening schools, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged parents of primary age children to send them to school the following day if their school is open, saying there is "no doubt in my mind that schools are safe".Police chiefs have called for police officers to be given priority for COVID vaccinations after reports that 1,300 Metropolitan Police officers are absent from work because of the virus.An anti-lockdown protest is held in Hyde Park in London 17 people are arrested at the demonstration.Teaching unions have told primary school staff it is unsafe to return to school and urged them to implement remote learning as pressure grows on the government to keep schools closed for the first two weeks of January following its decision to do so in London.1 January – The UK government announces that all primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the winter term.There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England during 2021.
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