Britain buys 114m extra vaccine doses to battle Covid-19

Britain buys 114m extra vaccine doses to battle Covid-19
Britain buys 114m extra vaccine doses to battle Covid-19
Britain buys FOURTH and FIFTH rounds of booster jabs: Ministers order 114m extra vaccine doses - enough to keep country supplied for two MORE winters Ministers have purchased 114 million additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines  The supply of Moderna and Pfizer jabs will provide security for 2022 and 2023 Ministers sped up the negotiations after the emergence of the Omicron strain 

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Ministers have bought 114million more doses of coronavirus vaccines that can be tweaked to protect against new variants.

The extra Moderna and Pfizer jabs will be delivered in 2022 and 2023, giving the UK a steady supply for the next two years.

The Department of Health said they ‘accelerated’ the signing of the new contracts in light of the newly discovered Omicron strain.

The deal suggests ministers are preparing to boost the nation’s immunity for at least the next two winters.

The UK government has purchased an additional 114 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

The UK government has purchased an additional 114 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines 

Moderna will supply 60million additional doses and Pfizer/BioNTech 54million

Moderna will supply 60million additional doses and Pfizer/BioNTech 54million

Moderna will supply 60million additional doses and Pfizer/BioNTech 54million.

This is on top of the 35million additional doses of Pfizer/BioNTech jabs ordered in August for delivery in the second half of next year, and the 60million Novavax and 7.5million GSK/Sanofi doses expected in 2022.

The new deal – negotiated by the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce – ensures access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat Omicron or future variants of concern.

It comes as ministers today unveil a major advertising campaign designed to encourage people to come forward for their third shot as soon as they are notified by the NHS.

Today’s deal comes on the first anniversary of UK regulators becoming the first in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine – a move which sparked this year’s world-beating jabs rollout. It is the clearest sign yet that ministers are planning to run an annual booster programme against Covid for at least the next two years.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: ‘Thanks to the Vaccine Taskforce, we have an excellent track record of securing the vaccines the country needs to keep this virus at bay.

‘These new deals will future-proof the Great British vaccination effort – which has so far

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