direct to your inbox Professor Chris Whitty has addressed what it would take to lift coronavirus restrictions due to the vaccine roll-out.
The chief medical officer for England was speaking to the Commons Science and Technology and Health and Social Care committees on Wednesday alongside Sir Patrick Vallance.They were being questioned on the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which the NHS began to distribute from hospital hubs yesterday, marking the start of a historic vaccination programme.Professor Whitty said it was a "de-risking process" when asked at what point lockdowns could no longer be needed due to Covid-19 vaccinations being in place.He said that vaccination will first reduce the mortality rate and then the number of hospital.