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The BRITISH could have three Covid hits by Christmas, and officials estimate the drugs will reduce coronavirus deaths by as much as 90 percent.
Government adviser Professor Sir John Bell told MPs that he was confident that we can “get into the New Year with two or three shots.”
He added that he expects the world’s leading Pfizer vaccine to be ready for use by mid-December.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Sky News that he expected to begin rolling out the vaccine in early December, although elderly patients and those most at risk of contracting the coronavirus would receive it first.
Hancock described the news as “promising” but warned the British to continue to abide by the second lockdown and follow coronavirus protocols in the short term, as the vaccine was not yet ready for mass deployment.
It comes as deaths from coronavirus in the UK rose by 532 yesterday, the highest figure in six months.
Another 20,412 tested positive for the deadly bug, bringing the total number of positive tests in the UK to 1,233,775.
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