Here’s a roundup of the key developments today: Three-quarters of adults in the UK are estimated to have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, health agency figures show. Pupils will be offered an extra 100m hours of tuition under post-pandemic catch-up plans unveiled today – but the government faced immediate criticism of the £1.4bn programme, with its own tsar warning “more will be needed”. The £1.4bn announced for the catch-up programme for pupils in England is “pitiful”, a school leaders’ union has said. Gavin Williamson suggested more money will be “required” as the government tackles lost pupil learning during the pandemic. A total of 107 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 21 May mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics – the lowest number since the week ending September 11 2020. The prospect of care home workers being required to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has moved a step closer, with a crucial endorsement from the UK’s human rights watchdog. The proportion of deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales is at its lowest level for more than eight months, figures show. Boris Johnson has said there is still “nothing in the data at the moment that means we cannot go ahead with step four” of lifting coronavirus restrictions. Testing for Covid-19 will be stepped up in Blackburn with Darwen as health chiefs hope to control its rising infection rates “in the next week or so”, reports PA. Half a billion doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have been released for supply globally, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said. The government has started commercial negotiations with AstraZeneca to secure a “variant vaccine” adapted to tackle the variant first identified in South Africa, Matt Hancock said. The government said a further 12 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 127,794. We are closing this blog now. Thanks so much for joining me today and for all the comments. I’ll be back again tomorrow.