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'It is a race between the vaccination and the virus'

Can we expect COVID restrictions to ease in any time soon?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce today that the government are delaying plans to remove COVID restrictions on June 21.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ R4’s Martha Kearney speaks to Health Minister Edward Argar, former government scientific advisor Sir Mark Walport, and Professor Devi Sridhar, who is a member of the Scottish government’s COVID-19 Advisory Group, about this delay.

Meanwhile, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ R4’s Nick Robinson and Chris Lord speak to business owners and tourists in Cornwall about the implications of a potential four more weeks under COVID regulations.

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