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Covid will be with us forever despite vaccine breakthrough, deputy chief medical officer warns
Professor Jonathan Van Tam warned that the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab in the UK did not herald the end of the virus, telling: "I don't think we're going to eradicate coronavirus ever. I think it's going to be with humankind forever."
He suggested face coverings would remain a staple of daily life, saying: "Do I think there will come a big moment where we have a massive party and throw off masks and hand sanitiser and say that's it, it's behind us, like the end of the war? No I don't."