David Wooding, Assistant Editor
Updated: 3 Jan 2021, 7:20
David Wooding, Assistant Editor
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BORIS Johnson yesterday hailed the arrival of a life-saving jab and predicted the war against coronavirus will soon be won.
The PM declared the new Oxford vaccine a “triumph of British science” as the first 530,000 doses were delivered to key hospitals.
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The first batch of the new Oxford vaccine arrived at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards HeathCredit: PA:Press Association
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Bosses at the NHS were last night scaling up for tomorrow’s launch of the biggest immunisation programme in its history.
Despite the size of the operation and the threat posed by a virulent new Covid variant, Mr Johnson is convinced the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine will soon have the virus in retreat.
Updated: 3 Jan 2021, 22:05
“SCHOOLS are safe and should stay open. The threat to kids is very very small.”
Red tape is “absurd”. Lockdowns “only buy you time”.
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This was bullish Boris Johnson on Andrew Marr Show.
For a moment it seemed the new slimline PM, looking fit as a butcher’s dog, was ready to liberate Britain from PoW status and give the drowning UK economy the kiss of life.
Instead, he heralded a draconian winter-long Tier 5 lockdown until we’ve all been jabbed around Easter if we’re lucky, and over a year since the bug from China hit our shores.
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