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JOAN TWELVES explains why Zero Covid must be a priority at Labour Party Conference

THE sun is out and the parks, beaches and countryside are packed as lockdown is relaxed.

Shielding — and its related statutory sick pay — ends today and Johnson and Sunak are urging people back to the office, regardless of the safety of their workplace, because even though the Easter school holidays are just starting, stressed, overworked mums and dads have had enough “days off.”

At the same time, the third wave is surging across Europe. Whether half-vaccinating half the population will protect us from variants and mutations is yet to be seen.

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