LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - An ambitious timeline make
COVID-19 widely available in Britain by next spring is on track
after Oxford/AstraZeneca's candidate proved up to 90%
effective in late-stage trials, the head of the university's
Jenner Institute said on Monday.
"I think we are on track for the timeline... to start
getting this vaccine rolled out from December," Adrian Hill,
director of Oxford's Jenner Institute, told Reuters, adding that
high-risk groups would receive shots before it was rolled out
more widely to everyone in spring.
"I think that could be done. It's going to be an enormous
effort... hopefully there will be vaccine available for all
adults, but that's likely to be springtime rather than in
January."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Alistair Smout)