What time is Boris Johnson’s speech today? How to watch the Covid announcement live and what to expect - iNews

Boris Johnson will hold a press conference today, which is expected to focus on the growth of the UK’s testing regime.

It comes after pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced its coronavirus vaccine candidate has been 90 per cent effective in large-scale trials.

The UK is set to receive 10 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year, if it is approved by regulators.

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More than 150,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last seven days, a slight decrease on the previous week.

However, over the weekend the number of total coronavirus deaths in the county edged past 60,000.

What time is Boris Johnson’s press conference today?

The Prime Minister is due to address the nation at 5pm this evening, No 10 has confirmed.

He will make the announcement from Downing Street.

The Prime Minister is expected to focus on expanded testing (Photo: Getty)

How can I watch it live?

The press conference will be shown live on this page.

What is he expected to announce?

Mr Johnson is expected to focus largely on the UK’s testing regime, which has been growing quickly since late October.

The UK now has capacity to carry out around half a million tests a day – double the figure at the start of October.

Just over 344,000 tests were processed on 5 November, the highest figure since the start of the pandemic.

Mr Johnson is aiming to introduce mass testing across the UK. There are currently trials for the programme taking place in Liverpool and Salford.

There are hopes improved testing may allow the travel industry to open up again.

Pfizer has announced its vaccine has proved 90 per cent effective during tests (Photo: AP)

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said the Government’s global travel task force is making “very good progress” on developing a testing regime that will reduce the 14-day quarantine period for international arrivals.

The Prime Minister will likely also mention the Pfizer vaccine, of which the UK has ordered 40 million doses.

Its trials have been far more successful that experts predicted, it emerged today.

Regulators have said they would approve a vaccine that is just 50 per cent effective, so the 90 per cent reported could put an end to the pandemic in sight.

“Today is a great day for science and humanity. The first set of results from our phase three Covid-19 vaccine trial provides the initial evidence of our vaccine’s ability to prevent Covid-19,” said Dr Albert Bourla, the Pfizer chairman and CEO.

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