Britain on Sunday reported 170 more coronavirus deaths -- its lowest number since late March, when lockdown restrictions were introduced, although the figures from Northern Ireland were not included.
The head of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance said confidence in an eventual COVID-19 vaccine would be boosted if political leaders were seen getting immunised, saying he was"quite disturbed" by highly-politicised campaigns against vaccination. AFP/Thibault Savary
The deaths take the government’s official rolling tally of fatalities, which includes all positive cases after tests, to 34,636 – the second-highest in the world. Sharma meanwhile announced tens of millions of pounds in extra funding to develop a coronavirus vaccine, which could see 30 million doses available in Britain by September.
The projects, at Oxford University and Imperial College London, have already received £47 million in state aid, said Sharma.Participants in the first clinical trials of the Oxford vaccine received their doses earlier this week. Imperial was set to start its tests in June and again in October. “The UK will be first to get access,” he added, noting it would also work to ensure the vaccine could be made available “to developing countries at the lowest possible cost”.
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