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Covid: Everyone can see hospitalisations going up, says PM
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Boris Johnson says it is clear that Covid cases are rising and hospitalisations increasing, as a decision on 21 June unlocking looms.
Official figures show more than 1,000 people in the UK are currently in hospital with the disease.
The PM said he needed to assess the extent to which the vaccine rollout has built up protection in the population before progressing with the roadmap.
And he said again that the decision for England would be "driven by the data".
The number of people in hospital with the virus has risen above 1,000 for the first time since mid-May.
Scientists believe this could be the start of the third wave, caused by the Delta variant.
The size of that wave depends on how effective vaccines are at protecting people - and that is still uncertain.
The government is due to decide on 14 June whether to lift the last remaining restrictions in England.
But government sources are more downbeat about the prospect of the easing going ahead the following week.
Speaking in Cornwall ahead of the G7 summit, the prime minister said there are "arguments being made one way or another" as to whether all restrictions can be lifted as planned.
"What everybody can see very clearly is that cases are going up and, in some places, hospitalisations are going up.
"What we need to assess is the extent to which the vaccine rollout, which has been phenomenal, has built up enough protection in the population in order for us to go ahead to the next stage."