The UK may struggle to hit its covid-19 vaccine target – here's why

Covid-19 vaccination

A man in his 80s, receives his covid-19 vaccination at the International Centre for Life on 11 January in Newcastle upon Tyne. The location is one of several mass vaccination centres in England to open to the public this week.

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The UK’s race to vaccinate 13.9 million vulnerable people against covid-19 by 15 February is a Herculean undertaking. “Unprecedented” may have become an overused word in the pandemic, but the size and speed of the vaccine roll-out warrants it, though it may still be months before many people receive a covid-19 vaccine.

The numbers tell the …

source: newscientist.com