The U.K. has bought 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot. Advertisement“Today is an important day for millions of people in the U.K. who will get access to this new vaccine,” AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said. The number of COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in the U.K. has surpassed last spring’s peak, during the first coronavirus surge. A separate study testing the AstraZeneca vaccine in the U. S. also is underway. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of the two-dose inoculation, enough to immunize 50 million people.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 30, 2020 07:21 UTC