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Easing lockdown ‘too fast’ would risk a ‘disaster,’ PM warned
Prime minister Boris Johnson holding a vial of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine as he visits a vaccination centre at Cwmbran Stadium in Cwmbran, south Wales

EASING the national lockdown too fast would risk a disaster, a government scientist warned Boris Johnson today, ahead of next week’s unveiling of a “road map” for lifting coronavirus restrictions.

Dame Angela McLean, a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), urged caution, as many vulnerable people have yet to have the Covid-19 vaccine.

The Prime Minister is to set out on Monday how the lockdown rules will be eased, and is under pressure from Tory backbenchers to throw off all the shackles.

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