Crucial Covid vaccine data that will chart the UK's path out of lockdown reportedly shows that the jabs cut infections by two-thirds.
The encouraging early "real world" results show one dose of the Pfizer and Oxford vaccines have a consistent affect on transmission among all adults, Boris Johnson is preparing to outline for lifting lockdown on Monday, with schools reopening on March 8 expected to start the process.
How quickly shops and pubs open their doors again, as well as families being allowed to socialise, is expected to depend on how well vaccines are cutting transmission.
Whitehall sources told the Telegraph thatthe studies would be crucial and called the findings “very encouraging”. Separate data showed Covid cases were falling