LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Britain's health minister said on
Monday that even if progress with the COVID-19 vaccine is made
as quickly as possible, the majority of people in the UK will
not be vaccinated until next year.
"Even if that comes through as fast as it possibly could,
the vast majority of people will be, we'd expect, to be
vaccinating in the new year," Health Minister Matt Hancock told
Sky News.
He said the government was working hard to be able to
roll-out the vaccine when it becomes available, adding that
across Britain the different administrations hoped to agree a
set of rules so that people could meet at Christmas.
"We're absolutely working to make Christmas as normal as
possible," he said.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton; writing by
Sarah Young)