A report from the ONS into the behaviour of over-80s showed that nearly half had broken lockdown restrictions by meeting people they shouldn't have indoors after having their jab.
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On February 22, Boris Johnson announced his roadmap to gradually easing lockdown restrictions in England, providing a much-needed boost and a huge sign of relief to 57 million people throughout the country. But worrying scenes over recent days have shown a return of Covidiots gathering closely in large groups and subsequently breaking the rules - potentially putting at risk all the hard work during lockdown over the last three months. Restrictions introduced on January 4 ban people
Hungary could consider tightening some lockdown restrictions as coronavirus infections are expected to rise "drastically" in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. Orban also said all the 2.5 million to 2.6 million Hungarians who have registered for COVID-19 vaccinations so far would receive at least one dose by Easter, in early April. Orban said he hoped to get vaccinated with a shot developed by China's Sinopharm early next week.
While it was too early to gauge whether this was the start of a second wave, “On balance, we continue to view this as a series of relatively localised outbreaks for now, but with possible national ramifications if it spreads rapidly,” Nomura economists Sonal Varma and Aurodeep Nandi said in the report.