The pound has reached two-month highs against the euro and dollar this morning on news that a vaccine for COVID-19 may be ready soon. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, put forward a more upbeat message about the government’s fight against the virus yesterday, stating that the UK will be among the first to receive doses of the vaccine from Pfizer.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 deaths continued to rise in the UK and abroad, with more than 500 deaths in the UK, Spain and Italy and over 850 in France.
President Elect Joe Biden called Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ahead of other European leaders in a move that surprised many commentators.
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