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Coronavirus vaccine could be 'sped up' for Christmas rollout, taskforce boss says

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A coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out by Christmas - before it's even been given official approval by regulators. At the front of the queue for the first doses are understood to be front line workers, over-50s, those with co-morbidities and minority ethnic groups.

It usually takes up to 24 months for a new medicine to be signed off by the European Medicines Agency before it is then scrutinised by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

But that procedure could be bypassed, with the waiting time slashed to just 70 days, meaning a virus jab could be ready before the end of the year, according to Kate Bingham, chair of the Vaccines Taskforce.

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