Britain has a 50/50 chance of being the first country to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, with a decision expected in days, it has been claimed.
The UK is in with a fighting chance of pipping the US and countries across the EU. The Government has placed orders for 100 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine - enough to vaccinate most of the population - with rollout expected in the coming weeks if the jab is approved.
The candidate is the latest to go through final stage testing, which showed it to be 90 percent effective in fighting the virus.
Britain also has orders for 40 million doses of the jab from Pfizer and BioNTech, which has been shown to be 95 percent effective.