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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 8 January 2021 - Better preparation means effect of lockdown to be less severe
Description: "The Prime Minister, speaking at the Coronavirus press briefing yesterday, provided a bullish update on the progress of the Government’s vaccination programme concluding that things will look very different by the Spring.
The plan to vaccinate all four of the most vulnerable groups is being supported by the army’s logistics division and Johnson explained that the only limit to the rapid deployment of the vaccine is supply.
A report issued yesterday by a major European Bank concluded that the country’s GDP will take a less significant hit from the latest lockdown as business knows what to expect, has be...