An accelerated uptake of two million vaccinated per week "is predicted to have a much more substantial impact", it added. Media reports over the weekend said that the UK will roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from January 4, with its approval by the country's medical regulator expected within days. Earlier this month, the UK became the first country in the world to roll out the vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech. The British government said on Thursday that 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine since inoculations began. The UK has had more than 71,000 deaths from the coronavirus and has recorded over 2.3 million cases of Covid-19 infections as of Monday, according to a Reuters tally.

Source: Daily Mirror December 29, 2020 02:43 UTC