UK’s Covid vaccine programme on track despite AstraZeneca problems
by Dan Sabbagh from Science | The Guardian on (#5GEE6)
Three-quarters of population could be fully immunised by first week in August, according to forecasts
The UK's vaccination programme is expected to be effectively completed shortly after the US's this summer, and several weeks ahead of the EU's effort, despite falling up to six weeks behind because of problems affecting the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab.
Airfinity, which tracks vaccination programmes worldwide, forecasts that 75% of the population can be fully immunised in the UK by the first week in August, a level where herd immunity arguably begins to take effect - though variants and the potential need for booster jabs could impact this significantly.
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