Implementation of covid-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom

Key messagesThe development of safe and effective covid-19 vaccines is one of the great success stories of the covid-19 pandemicDecisions about implementing vaccination programmes in the UK must be robust, clear, and open to public and professional scrutinyA sustainable infrastructure for vaccine delivery is needed that integrates with general practices and pharmaciesThe UK needs to ensure that it has the academic and industrial infrastructure to develop, test, and secure vaccines for the current and any future pandemicsWithin one year of the genome of SARS-CoV-2 being sequenced, vaccines had been developed, tested in randomised controlled trials, and rolled out in population based vaccination programmes across the world. This is one of the great success stories of the covid-19 pandemic. Vaccination offers countries a method of suppressing the number of people with a serious illness that could lead to hospital admission or death, thereby allowing societies to return to a more normal…
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