The boss involved in developing the Oxford vaccine has warned face masks and social distancing will still be needed until July.
Professor Andrew Pollard warned that life will not get back to normal until the summer. Meanwhile, the first coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to end the pandemic, a taskforce boss has warned in a separate sobering update.
Britain has stockpiled 340 million doses from six prototype vaccines - the most of any country - but Kate Bingham admits there are still plenty of uncertainties.
The head of the UK Vaccine Taskforce said a "partially effective vaccine is better than no vaccine at all" and that any vaccine would likely require more than one dose. "Flu vaccines are 50% effective, but they are widely used and have