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Covid: Why won’t vaccinating the vulnerable end lockdown? – BBC News
Doubts have been raised about lifting Covid restrictions in the spring. What are the hurdles in the way?
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent@nicktriggleon Twitter
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But with the most vulnerable to be offered vaccination by mid-February, what is standing in the way?
Lockdown looks to be having an impact on infection levels with the number of new cases starting to fall.
But there are only tentative signs this has filtered through to a slowing of new admissions to hospital.
And even if they start coming down, the overall number of patients in hospital will remain high as patients…
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