Prognosis
U.K. Sees Astra, Pfizer Vaccine Rollout Starting Next Month
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Filling and packaging tests for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Catalent Biologics in Italy.
Photographer: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the U.K. plans to start rolling out two coronavirus vaccines next month before the program gathers pace in the new year, with a return to “normal” possible in the spring.
Hancock was responding to trial results announced Monday by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc showing their Covid-19 vaccine prevented a majority of people from getting the disease. It followed positive results this month from a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. Both still need to be assessed by the U.K. health regulator before they can be administered to the public.