Have hope – the UK has a track record of successful vaccine campaigns | Fiona Culley and John Tregoning
by Fiona Culley and John Tregoning from Science | The Guardian on (#5B1BQ)
Our success with mass flu vaccination bodes well for getting Covid-19 under control
The first death from Covid-19 was confirmed on 11 January 2020. In less than a year, we have not one but three promising vaccines. Subject to regulatory approval, the focus will be on the next phase: getting the frontrunner vaccines to the people who need them.
The logistics of such a huge vaccination campaign are critical. From early on, while scientists were designing a vaccine and undertaking preclinical testing and clinical trials, governments, pharmaceutical companies, funders and health authorities have been planning how to manufacture and deliver the vaccine to the population.
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