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By Rachel Schraer
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The UK s vaccination programme is beginning to break the link between Covid-19 cases and deaths, scientists tracking the epidemic have said.
A study found infections had fallen by roughly two-thirds since February, but have begun to level off.
While the decline in cases has stalled - probably because people are beginning to mix more - deaths did not follow the same pattern.
This was not the case before January, when the vaccine rollout began.
The research, commissioned by the government and run by Imperial College London, is based on swabs taken from 140,000 people selected to represent England s population.
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