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Covid vaccine breakthrough as UK to become FIRST to green-light jab - approval days away
THE UK is set to make a huge coronavirus breakthrough by becoming the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, and could be granted the go-ahead from the independent regulator as soon as next week.
By PAUL WITHERS
PUBLISHED: 15:20, Sat, Nov 28, 2020 | UPDATED: 17:23, Sat, Nov 28, 2020
The vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, could be delivered within hours of the authorisation, Whitehall insiders told the Financial Times. Officials close to the process said the first injections could take place from December 7. The UK has so far ordered 40 million doses of the two-shot vaccine.