The government encourages people to get back to work and the UK's relationship with China is put under the microscope.
vaccine could be rolled out across the UK in the first half of next year, according to the man leading Imperial College's vaccine programme.
Professor Robin Shattock told Sophy Ridge On Sunday:"We anticipate that if everything goes really well that we'll get an answer as to whether it works by early next year and we have put in place the infrastructure to make enough vaccine for the whole of the UK." He added that with adequate funding the vaccine could be rolled out across the UK"in the first half of next year".
After hopes were stoked by the government of a vaccine by September, the professor said it was a"very optimistic" timetable, though he added that the sheer number of programmes meant there was a"very low risk" of no vaccine being found. Just finding a working vaccine may not be the end of our problems either, with Professor Shattock warning"the world is going to have to look out" for fraudsters trying to profit from fake versions of any treatment.If face masks are a good idea, why didn't Lucy Powell or Keir Starmer wear one during a visit to a bar last week?
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