Vaccine MinisterThe first injections could take place from Dec. 7, the Financial Times reported earlier.The news that the U.K.
could approve a vaccine comes as Nadhim Zahawi, a junior minister for the Department of Business, was appointed as minister overseeing the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.U.K.
Mobilizes for Vaccine Redemption After Pandemic MisstepsThe U.K. has ordered enough doses of the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to immunize 20 million people, though that volume almost certainly won’t be available right away.
The companies also have deals to supply hundreds of millions of shots to Europe, the U.S., Japan and elsewhere.The Pfizer-BioNTech shot has raced to the head of the line after delays to trials of a vaccine from AstraZeneca.