Britain secures deal for vaccine that showed nearly 95% effectiveness in interim results
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Britain has rapidly secured a deal for an initial 5m doses of a new US vaccine which has nearly 95% effectiveness in interim results, after fears earlier that the UK had missed out on supplies.
The deal done on Monday will mean vaccines could be delivered to the UK from spring 2021 if approved by the medicines regulator and increases the total number of doses secured by the UK to 355m.
