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Coronavirus inoculations in UK to be overseen by vaccines minister
The British Government has appointed a vaccines minister as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days.
Key points:
- The UK medicines regulator is currently assessing two vaccines as authorities prepare for their distribution
- The British Government hopes a combination of vaccines and mass testing will end the need for restrictions
- Britain has had Europe’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, with more than 57,000 confirmed virus-related deaths
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi would oversee the country’s biggest vaccine program in decades.
The UK medicines regulator is currently assessing two vaccines — one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the other by Oxford…
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