The milestone comes as Britain's world-leading vaccination effort gets a lift next month with the arrival of a third vaccine. But France – despite lagging far behind in its vaccination drive – will catch up with Britain 'in a few weeks', president Emmanuel Macron claimed today. Mr Macron said France had significantly ramped up the pace of inoculation and suggested that Britain's campaign could soon struggle. And he said he could guarantee that everyone will get a second dose within 12 weeks of their first. It comes a week after a third of the French population were placed under a loose form of lockdown.

Source: The Nation March 28, 2021 21:45 UTC