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What we learned at tonight's No 10 press conference

The UK government news conference has finished. We heard from Health Secretary Matt Hancock, England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and Public Health England's London regional director Professor Kevin Fenton.

* Tier three: The main news from the briefing was reiterating the news that London, parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will be moving to tier three on Wednesday at 00:01. "We do not rule out further action," Mr Hancock added

* London: Infections are rising in a number of boroughs across the city, said Public Health England's Prof Kevin Fenton

* The new variant: There's no evidence it's more dangerous or is invisible to coronavirus tests, said Prof Chris Whitty. He also said it would be "pretty surprising" if the vaccine didn't work on it. And Mr Whitty said the variant is not the reason behind putting more areas into tier three

* Christmas: It's a period of greater risk, said Prof Whitty, as he urged people to be responsible. Matt Hancock also urged people to be "careful and responsible"

* The vaccine: They were asked by a member of the public who is trying to conceive whether the vaccine affects fertility, Prof Chris Whitty said there was “no current evidence” of an impact on fertility from any of the vaccines. It would be “quite surprising” if they did so, he said

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