direct to your inboxProfessor Jonathan Van-Tam led a Downing Street briefing on the potential coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday morning.Following the successful news that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine interim results show that it's 90 per cent effective, many questions have been raised about the likely roll out.The UK has secured 30 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – the first agreement the firms signed with any government.But is thought people will need two doses, meaning not enough shots have been secured for the entire UK population.
And as Professor Wei Shen Lim, chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said at the briefing, there will also be a priority list for those most at risk of dying from.