Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement in the Scottish Parliament.
More than three-quarters of the population of England will now be in Tier 4.
The 37 rebels equate to 18.5% of Sir Keir’s MPs.
Vaughan Gething described news that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine had been approved as ‘excellent’.
The island’s 142,000 residents will now effectively return to November lockdown rules.
Ms Nicholls said 2020 had been a year of ‘continued despair and heartbreak for hard-pressed hospitality businesses’.
Nicola Sturgeon claimed it was a ‘rotten Brexit that Scotland has rejected all along’.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said more than three-quarters of the population of England will now be living under Tier 4 restrictions.
Dr Zudin Puthucheary says staff are ‘running ragged’ and fears any new year celebrations could spark a further peak.
Selected images marking an incredible year for Northern Ireland.
The Prime Minister said the agreement will end ‘old, desiccated, tired, super-masticated arguments’ over Brexit.
Tom and Carla Cuthbertson, from Sunderland, have devoted themselves to raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.
Six further deaths were also notified by the region’s Department of Health on Wednesday.
None of the Northern Ireland parties are expected to back the agreement.
Professor Farah Bhatti dedicated the honour to her parents, describing them as ‘the real heroes’ of her story.
Nearly 1,500 deaths took place on the ‘deadliest day’ of the virus.
Conservative former minister Mark Francois suggested his Brexiteer colleagues could now ‘lower our spears’.