44K views · 372 reactions | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed the new UK strain of COVID-19 could be 30 per cent more deadly, with health chiefs now describing London hospitals as 'war zones.' 48 cases of the variant have been recorded in Australian hotel quarantine so far. #9News | Nightly at 6.00pm | 9 News | Facebook

14K views · 216 reactions | UK records 68,053 new COVID-19 cases and 1,325 deaths compared with 52,618 cases and 1,162 deaths on Thursday | Reuters | Facebook

139K views · 506 shares | The UK is in lockdown because of fears the NHS will become "overwhelmed" by Covid-19 cases within weeks. So what would this mean to the health service and how could it be avoided? bbc.in/3ovHvn5 | BBC News | Facebook

51K views · 324 reactions | BREAKING: There have been a further 258 COVID-related deaths and 10,972 positive cases in the UK, government data shows. Get the latest on #COVID19: https://trib.al/cRvEQOY | Sky News | Facebook

167K views · 1K reactions | BREAKING: The UK has reported another 53,135 cases of coronavirus, the highest recorded daily total since the pandemic began. Dr Susan Hopkins, from PHE, said: "Whilst the number of cases reported today include some from over the festive period these figures are largely a reflection of a real increase." https://trib.al/qP32YwJ | Sky News | Facebook

427K views · 8.4K reactions | 90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Read more about this huge moment in the fight against COVID-19: https://trib.al/guGJr9i | Sky News | Facebook

46K views · 422 reactions | ‘I feel ecstatic. I can’t wait for 2021. Bring it on’ — Residents in the UK are reacting with hope and optimism after the first COVID-19 vaccine doses rolled out across the country | NowThis | Facebook