Coronavirus vaccine date: When will we get a coronavirus vaccine?

However, he added it was still “very, very early days”, and said the nation cannot “slacken our resolve” at such a “critical moment”.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires two doses to be administered, ideally 21 days apart.

The vaccine is an RNA vaccine, which is different from previous forms of vaccines which use weakened or inactive viruses to trigger an immune response.

RNA vaccines use a small fragment of the virus’ genetic code, which once injected starts making part of the virus in the body, prompting the immune system to recognise it as foreign and attack.