UK PM Johnson: We want this lockdown to be the last

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that they don't yet have enough data about how vaccination against the coronavirus is impacting the transmission rate, as reported by Reuters.

Additional takeaways

"We don't have all the hard facts we need."

"I hope we can keep the vaccine supply steady."

"We want this lockdown to be the last."

Market reaction

These comments don't seem to be having a noticeable impact on the British pound's performance against its major rivals. As of writing, the GBP/USD pair was up 0.5% on the day at 1.3914.