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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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