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3rd February 2021
10:07am GMT

Also on Good Morning Britain, the health secretary said that news that the Oxford jab limits transmission by two-thirds showed that "backing those vaccines was right." "The news overnight... demonstrates that the vaccine protects you, and it helps cut the transmission of the disease across the whole community. It shows that the vaccine works, and works well." "This figure of two-thirds reduction in transmission is better than I expected. It is really good news for everybody, and it just shows that the stratergy has been right of backing those vaccines."‘I’m optimistic that we will have a great British summer.’ @Susannareid100 asks Matt Hancock whether it is time to start booking summer holidays after news the vaccine can reduce Covid transmission by up to 67%. Tune in?https://t.co/6iQ6ebeOEQ pic.twitter.com/cBGhVuqES9
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) February 3, 2021
The government aims to vaccinate 15 million vulnerable people, including those aged over 70 and people required to shield, by the middle of this month.‘It shows the strategy of backing those vaccines was right.’
Matt Hancock says the news that the Oxford vaccine stops transmission by two thirds was better than he expected. He says it is really good news for everybody. pic.twitter.com/SaZaihKn7Y — Good Morning Britain (@GMB) February 3, 2021
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