Britain wants the vaccines it has ordered, minister says

LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Britain wants to ensure that it
receives all the vaccines it has ordered and paid for, Minister
for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said on Thursday after the
European Union asked AstraZeneca if it could divert supplies
from the United Kingdom.

"I think we need to make sure that the vaccine supply that
has been bought and paid for, procured for those in the UK, is
delivered," Gove told LBC Radio.

"But of course, we're always going to work with our friends
and neighbours, we have to make sure that we can do everything
we can to help them."

"But our priority has to be making sure that the people in
our country who are vulnerable and who we have targeted for
vaccination, receive those jobs in those arms," Gove said.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton)