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The Telegraph
Exclusive: Green Light for Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Ahead of New Year
The Oxford vaccine is expected to pass within Christmas days, kicking off a massive push to hit millions of people in January, The Telegraph may reveal. Senior Whitehall sources believe that the Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will authorize the vaccines on Dec. 28 or 29 after final data is provided to the regulator on Monday. Football stadiums and other venues across the country will open from the first week of January, to allow for mass vaccinations on a scale never before seen in the UK. However, the progress comes amid growing fears that England is about to enter a third lockdown, and the prime minister recently refused to rule out following Wales and Northern Ireland on such a course of action. Last week, the NHS started the world’s first Covid-19 vaccination program, with injections given to around 140,000 seniors and health and care workers in the first seven days. This week, the deployment has expanded much more, with around 400 general practitioner centers involved, as well as 83 hospitals. Over the weekend, the total number of Brits who have received the jab is expected to exceed the 500,000 mark, as The Telegraph understands.
