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Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain is set to step up coronavirus
vaccinations with 500,000 doses a day by next week, the
Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing a Scottish
government document.
Britain will have secured enough vaccines to inoculate most
of the 15 million most vulnerable people that the government is
aiming to offer the vaccine by mid-February, the report said https://on.ft.com/2LBP11v.
The document, which was published online by the Scottish
government on Wednesday and was later withdrawn, showed that
vaccines from Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc and
Moderna Inc are scheduled to arrive in significant
quantities in the early summer, the FT said.
The Scottish government expects to receive 309,000 doses
from next week, which equates to almost 3.8 million across the
UK, according to the FT report.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had said on Wednesday that
Britain is targeting a 24-hour, seven-day-a week COVID-19
vaccination programme as soon as possible.
(Reporting by Ann Maria Shibu in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan
Oatis)