Coronavirus vaccine will be available in Britain from September, drug firm announces

Pascal Soriot told The Andrew Marr Show that British people will get first access to the vaccine from autumn.

AstraZeneca has previously said it had concluded deals to deliver at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University.

Join our new coronavirus Facebook group for the latest confirmed news and advice as soon as we get itAsked if people in Britain will be among the first to get the vaccine, Mr Soriot said: “Yes, we have actually received an order from the British Government to supply 100 million doses of vaccine, and those will go to the British people.

“And there’s no doubt, starting in September, we will start delivering these doses of vaccine to the British Government for vaccination.

“The vaccine has to work and that’s one question, and the other question is, even if it works we have to be able to demonstrate it.

“We have to run as fast as possible before the disease disappears so we can demonstrate that the vaccine is effective.”

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