A new national lockdown starts today. It’s due to end on December 2nd, but just what conditions will be necessary to lift the restrictions? And what can be done to slow the spread of infection?

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Oliver Wright, Times Policy editor.

Tom Whipple, Times Science editor. 

Host: Luke Jones.

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