Environment Secretary George Eustice claimed life can return “closer to normal” in “late Spring, early Summer” if the roll-out of Covid-19 jabs happens as planned.
Speaking to Sky News today Mr Eustace said: “Our aim is to vaccinate all of those vulnerable cohorts, the over 70s, by the middle of February.
“If we can get to that position, then by the spring we can start to turn the corner because we will have vaccinated all of the vulnerable people that are most at risk.
“There is light at the end of the tunnel.
“Once we get all of those vulnerable cohorts vaccinated and start to move down the age ranges, in late spring early summer, I really think it will be possible to return to life much closer to normal.
“It won’t be entirely normal initially but we will be able to come out of the lockdown and start living life again in the way that we once did.”
