Britain's Gamble: 'Freedom Day' Announced Amid Rising COVID Cases

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Britain is about to try something that no other nation has yet dared: lifting coronavirus restrictions in the middle of a wave of new infections. As Henry Ridgwell reports, the government says that with more than half of Britons now fully vaccinated, the time is right to reopen – but some scientists warn it is a big gamble.

Camera: Henry Ridgwell Video editor: Adam Greenbaum