End of COVID-19 pandemic in Britain may be near as vaccines take effect, epidemiologist says

The number of new daily COVID\u002D19 cases has fallen each day for the last six days, though Johnson has stressed the pandemic is not over

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is betting that he can get one of Europe’s largest economies firing again because so many people are now vaccinated, a decision which marks a new chapter in the global response to the novel coronavirus.

“The effect of vaccines has been huge in reducing the risk of hospitalization and death and, I think, I’m positive that by late September, October time we will be looking back at most of the pandemic.”Article content Johnson’s decision lifted rules in England on July 19 in favour of restarting an economy damaged by a series of on-off lockdowns since March 2020.Article content

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