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AstraZeneca is "imminently" scaling up to release two million doses of its vaccine per week in the UK, and may be able to go above that from April, the firm's chief executive has said.
Britain is targeting a 24-hour, 7-day a week COVID-19 vaccination programme as soon as possible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, as he bids to step up the pace of the rollout with daily coronavirus deaths at record levels.
* AstraZeneca says on track to deliver 2 million weekly shots * Industry bodies cautious about changing dose regimes LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Britain is targeting a 24-hour, 7-day a week vaccination programme as soon as possible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, as he bids to step up the pace of the rollout and give shots to at-risk groups by mid-February. AstraZeneca executives said the company was on track to deliver 2 million doses a week before mid-February, and Johnson said the availability of more shots would be crucial to scaling up to a round-the-clock service. “We...
Politics latest news: Boris Johnson 'concerned' about new Brazilian variant - watch liaison committee live Read full article Oops! The Government is concerned about a new strain of coronavirus identified in Brazil, Boris Johnson has said. "We already have tough measures... to protect this country from new infections coming in from abroad," he told MPs of the liaison committee this afternoon. "We are taking steps to do that in respect of the Brazilian variant." He warned that it was unclear whether the Brazilian variant was "vaccine resistant", along with residual concerns about the South A...
The NHS needs to accelerate inoculations to vaccinate 14 million people in just five weeks.