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Coronavirus vaccine: Your questions answered amid hopes jab can end Covid-19 nightmare

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Yesterday the exciting news broke that huge breakthrough had been made in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Analysis from trials has shown that a vaccine produced by US drugs giant Pfizer and German tech firm BioNTech is 90% effective against Covid-19.

If successful and proved to be safe, it would mean Britain could take its first steps on a return to normality, with one expert saying the country has a “70-80%” chance of that happening by Easter.

The UK government has secured access to 40million doses with 10 million - enough for five million Brits as everyone needs two doses - set to become available in the UK by the end of the year, with the NHS and Army on standby to help roll it out.

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