British people will be able to access a coronavirus vaccine from September, the chief executive of drug maker AstraZeneca has said.
Pascal Soriot told The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday (May 24) that Brits 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.
Asked 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