Covid job not done despite vaccination success, scientist warns
Prof Finn, from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises the government on vaccine priority, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the UK needed to achieve a high coverage of immunity across the population, not just among certain groups.
He said the message needed to be broadcast that "we're all in this together - everyone needs to do this for everyone". He said the new variant first identified in India looked to be more infectious and it was something "we need to take seriously". He told BBC Breakfast that more data was needed over the next two weeks to help the prime minister "make the difficult decision".
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