The Leader

A new Covid Vaccine could be here within weeks

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Episode notes

The Evening Standard’s deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil joins the show to explain the new Novovax vaccine, that could be released in the UK in April. He says ministers have ordered 60 million doses, after trials found it to be 86 per cent effective against the Kent variant of Covid-19 and 96 per cent against the Wuhan strain. It comes as lockdown restrictions are lifted across the country, coinciding with a min-heatwave which has encouraged people to get outside and join their friends and family. Nicholas says that’s got some doctors concerned about people’s behaviour, with a warning not to drink and let your guard down.

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