PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has announced that England will be placed under a third lockdown that will last until at least the middle of February.
Schools and colleges will be kept closed until at least the February half term, with teaching moving online. But, when is the February half term, and how long will the national lockdown last?
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When is February half term 2021?
Half term dates vary depending on where you live, but for most, the February half term 2021 is from Monday 15 – Friday 19 February.
For the dates in your area, check your local council's website.
How long will lockdown last?
On Monday January 4, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would be placed under a third national lockdown.
In an address to the nation, he said that people must again stay at home to protect the NHS and to save lives, and suggested that the restrictions would last for seven weeks until mid-February.
Mr Johnson said that by the middle of February, the vaccine was expected to have been offered to everyone in the top four priority groups and everyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable.
However, on Tuesday morning, cabinet minister Michael Gove said that the third lockdown is likely to continue until March.
Speaking on January 5, Mr Gove told Sky News: "We can't predict with certainty that we will be able to lift restrictions in the week commencing February 15-22.
"What we will be doing is everything that we can to make sure that as many people as possible are vaccinated, so that we can begin to progressively lift restrictions.
"I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all."
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