significantly the harm the virus causes — significantly the harm the virus causes. vaccination means now possible — causes. vaccination means now possible and necessary to shift our strategic— possible and necessary to shift our strategic aim and reduce the wider health— strategic aim and reduce the wider health social and economic harms that strict— health social and economic harms that strict lockdown measures cause. the second _ that strict lockdown measures cause. the second paper published today is the review _ the second paper published today is the review of physical distancing. physical— the review of physical distancing. physical distancing has been an important mitigation against the virus _ important mitigation against the virus but — important mitigation against the virus but it is also burdensome for individuals— virus but it is also burdensome for individuals and costly for businesses. as vaccinations bear more _ businesses. as vaccinations bear more of— businesses. as vaccinations bear more of the load of controlling the virus _ more of the load of controlling the virus we _ more of the load of controlling the virus we need to consider way we can reduce _ virus we need to consider way we can reduce the _ virus we need to consider way we can reduce the legal requirement for it. ultimately— reduce the legal requirement for it. ultimately we hope to remove the le-al ultimately we hope to remove the legal requirement for physical distancing even though we may for the period — distancing even though we may for the period continue to advise people to think— the period continue to advise people to think about safe distancing well interacting with people outside their— interacting with people outside their close contact groups. let me turn out _ their close contact groups. let me turn out to — their close contact groups. let me turn out to the changes we hope to make _ turn out to the changes we hope to make in— turn out to the changes we hope to make in the — turn out to the changes we hope to make in the weeks ahead. at the moment— make in the weeks ahead. at the moment the high number of new covid case is _ moment the high number of new covid