Britain expects millions to receive COVID vaccine by year-end - Hancock

British health minister Matt Hancock said he expected millions of people in the country to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 by Christmas. Asked how quickly people would receive the shot, he said: "Millions by the end of year."

British health minister Matt Hancock said he expected millions of people in the country to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 by Christmas. Britain was the first country globally to begin mass inoculations on Tuesday with a shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

"We've got a millions of doses we expect to arrive before the end of the year," Hancock told BBC TV. Asked how quickly people would receive the shot, he said: "Millions by the end of year."