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Every adult in the UK could receive both doses of a coronavirus vaccine by August or September "or maybe sooner if we need to", the head of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce Clive Dix has told Sky News
He tells me there is huge confidence about supply levels
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Every adult in the UK could receive both doses of a coronavirus vaccine by August or September "or maybe sooner if we need to", the head of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce Clive Dix has told Sky News
He tells me there is huge confidence about supply levels
Transcript
Asked if vaccine supply would arrive at the rate promised over the next three to six months, he replied: "Yes, definitely"
Pressed if this meant confidence every adult would get two jabs: "We're probably talking August time or September time all done, maybe sooner if we need to"
Pressed if this meant confidence every adult would get two jabs: "We're probably talking August time or September time all done, maybe sooner if we need to"
This is faster than government ministers suggested
Dominic Raab told @SophyRidgeSky two weeks ago: "Our target is that by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose, if we can do it faster than that great but that's the roadmap."
news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
Dominic Raab told @SophyRidgeSky two weeks ago: "Our target is that by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose, if we can do it faster than that great but that's the roadmap."
news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
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Clive Dix is interim chair of the Vaccine Taskforce - having taken over from Kate Bingham in December
He told me Kate Bingham was hard done by and is "a goddess"
Clive Dix is interim chair of the Vaccine Taskforce - having taken over from Kate Bingham in December
He told me Kate Bingham was hard done by and is "a goddess"
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