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‘It could be with us forever’: UK must learn to live with COVID, Javid says

The health secretary has said COVID could be with us forever but he hopes all restrictions can be lifted by March.

Sajid Javid added that we “may well” need an annual coronavirus vaccination, the day after the government announced working from home advice had ended and Plan B restrictions would be lifted next Thursday.

He told Kay Burley on Sky News: “COVID is not going away, it’s going to be with us for many many years, perhaps forever but we need to learn to live with it.”