Higher take-up of the coronavirus vaccine and its better-than-expected results on transmission and efficacy against new variants have bolstered the government’s roadmap to ease lockdown, but scientists remain cautious and warn against any moves to lift the restrictions sooner.
As part of its investigation into the government’s handling of the pandemic, MPs on the Science and Technology Committee quizzed the UK’s top two scientific advisers on 9 March on whether lockdown phases could be sped up if the data showed promising results.