Very interesting ;)26 Jan 2021 13:00
NHS hopeful Covid will become 'more treatable' in coming months
Sir Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, is still answering MPs questions.
He says teachers, police and people with learning disabilities will need to be considered for the next round of Covid-19 vaccinations, after jabs have been offered to the top four priority groups.
He also claims it is "possible" that coronavirus will become a "much more treatable disease" over the next six to 18 months.
"I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus," he told the Health and Social Care Committee.
"There are a number of others (treatments) in the pipeline and I think it is possible that over the course of the next six to 18 months coronavirus also becomes a much more treatable disease with antivirals and other therapies, which alongside the vaccination programme, holds out the hope of a return to a much more normal future."