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Single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine approved for use in the UK. (PA) The Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. The new vaccine has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is the fist single-dose vaccine to be approved in the UK and the fourth overall after the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The news comes as the vaccine rollout continues to gather pace with Matt Hancock announcing this week that 60 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been given in the UK. Welcoming the approval of the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen, the Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: “This is a further boost to the UK’s hugely successful vaccination programme, which has already saved over 13,000 lives, and means that we now have four safe and effective vaccines approved to help protect people from this awful virus.
Eddie will be responsible for leading the work of the Taskforce and achieving its objective of having antiviral treatments ready for deployment by autumn 2021.