Coronavirus UK news update – Covid alert drops from 5 to 4 as Queen asks Brits wary of vaccine to ‘think about others’

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BRITAIN’S coronavirus alert level has been lowered from level five to four with the threat on the “receding”.

NHS England’s national medical director Stephen Powis and the four UK chief medical officers agreed on the change following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre.

Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II urged those wary of receiving the jab to “think about other people”.

The 94-year-old monarch was vaccinated along with her husband Prince Philip in January, telling health officials leading the rollout in a video call that she now felt “protected”.

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