"Everybody wants to get out of this as quickly as we safely can, and both as quickly, but also as safely, are important. "The question is a judgment of how quickly and safely, how quickly we can do that safely. Britain has vaccinated 15.062 million people with a first dose and 537,715 with a second dose, the fastest rollout per capita of any large country. "There is this international work going on because if other countries require (proof of vaccination) we want to allow Brits to be able to travel to those countries," Hancock said. The United Kingdom has the world's fifth-worst official death toll - currently 117,166 - after the United States, Brazil, Mexico and India.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2021 08:15 UTC