UK becomes first country to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine

Jan 4, 2021

Dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is displayed from its box at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January 2, 2021. Picture taken January 2, 2021.

Six hospitals are administering the first of around 530,000 doses Britain has ready. Image: Reuters/Gareth Fuller

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Dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January 2, 2021. Picture taken January 2, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS - RC2D0L9ZJ3XA

A dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Image: Reuters/Gareth Fuller

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