
Coronavirus: The route out of England’s third lockdown
The UK’s Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi says the country is getting safer every day, so when it will be safe enough to move out of lockdown?
More than 10 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine - part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.
In a race against a faster-spreading variant of the virus, ministers have pinned their hopes of ending a third national lockdown on protecting the most vulnerable groups by spring.
But there are huge challenges, not least the unprecedented scale and supply demands, but also the need for rigorous safety checks and deep-freeze storage.
Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports.
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