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Vaccines are part of a zero-Covid strategy, not a substitute for it
There is a risk that government spin around the vaccines provides a false sense of security – and the dangers posed by a premature ending of lockdown are real, writes DIANE ABBOTT

THE pace of the roll-out of the vaccination programme in this country is impressive.  

It shows how the existing NHS infrastructure is efficient and effective.  

But ministers and the government-supporting media go too far when they suggest that a vaccination is all that is required. That is incorrect.  

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