Johnson claims link between coronavirus cases and deaths has been ‘severed’

His comments come just two days after his chief scientific adviser said the link had been weakened but not broken

Boris Johnson heads to Prime Minister’s Questions (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted the vaccination programme has “severed” the link between rising coronavirus cases and deaths, despite his chief scientific adviser stating the relationship had merely been weakened.

The Government is braced for a surge in coronavirus cases, possibly around 100,000 a day, as restrictions are lifted, but the Prime Minister said the success of the vaccination programme meant the link between infections and deaths had been broken.