The NHS has been told to be ready to start giving out a coronavirus vaccine from the start of the December - and would get the Army’s help.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said health chiefs are standing by to deploy a jab against Covid-19 in as little as three weeks’ time.
And he said GPs would be working over the evenings and bank holidays to get the vaccine rolled out. It comes after Pfizer and partner BioNTech yesterday announced a major breakthrough, saying their jab was more than 90% effective in trials.
Mr Hancock today said he hoped for further developments from a second candidate, the Oxford vaccine, in the “coming weeks”. But he also warned it will be a “colossal exercise” to roll out a vaccine - and no candidate has yet gone