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Sep 2021
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Back to life? What Covid has in store th...

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As people return to work and school, and Covid numbers continue to rise, just how normal might this autumn be?

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-Jill Treanor, City Editor, The Sunday Times.

-Tom Calver, senior data journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Presenter: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: BBC, Channel 4 News, ITV News, Number 10.

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