LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Britain expects to start rolling
out the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine just before Christmas if
it is declared safe and effective, health minister Matt Hancock
said on Monday.
"We're working very closely with the company," he told BBC
TV. "We'll be ready to roll it out as soon as it comes, we'll be
ready from the first of December..., but more likely is that we
may be able to start rolling it out before Christmas."
Asked how many vaccines Britain would need, he said it
depended on how effective they were at preventing transmission.
(Reporting by Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge; editing by
Costas Pitas)