Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer WilliamsBoris Johnson says he is “hopeful” coronavirus restrictions can be cautiously eased in the coming weeks, with vaccines providing “grounds for confidence”.The prime minister, who will set out his 'road map' out of lockdown on Monday, told a Downing Street briefing he hoped the current national lockdown would be the last.The Times newspaper has reported that preliminary data comparing elderly people who have received the vaccine with those who have not is starting to show it is cutting hospital admissions and deaths.Ministers have already been given data showing vaccines are cutting illness by about two thirds, while a separate study suggests jabs are reducing transmission,.
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