He said lifting of lockdown conditions would begin around spring and summertime.
Today in his press conference Matt Hancock said the vaccination programme is focused on the most vulnerable.
He urged people to stick with the regulations as the programme continued to roll out. Don t blow it now. We are on the route out. We are protecting the most vulnerable. We are getting the virus under control, he said.
The coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out (Image: GETTY) Together, I know that we can do it and we have got to stick at it.
He added the UK is vaccinating people at more than double the rate of other countries in Europe.