Scientists at Oxford University are confident their vaccination will be approved by early 2021 and government sources believe it will take just six months to distribute it
A mass rollout of a coronavirus vaccine could have happened as soon as Easter next year (Image)
Everyone in the UK could get a coronavirus vaccination by Easter as the government plans a mass roll out over just three months.
Scientists in Oxford who are working on the vaccine are anticipating it will be approved by early next year.
It’s believed that once the process is under way, it could take six months to distribute the vaccine, but that the timeline could be even quicker than that, according to government sources.
Rules are being drawn up to allow a much wider group of healthcare staff to give the jabs, and training will begin within weeks.
Drive-through vaccination centres are being planned to cope with the huge logistical challenge of giving vaccines to tens of millions of people. The armed forces are also likely to be called in to help.
“We are looking at closer to six months and it is likely to be far shorter than that,” a government source told The Times.
