First shots of the UK’s much-awaited AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab will be imported from Europe, vaccine taskforce says

The British vaccine

The British vaccine taskforce has announced that, while the vast majority of the UK’s 100 million AstraZeneca doses will come from the UK, the first shots will come from European production centres.

Ian McCubbin, manufacturing lead for the vaccine taskforce, said on Tuesday that the first doses of the UK’s much-touted homegrown jab would be imported. 

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