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UK won’t lose out because of EU vaccine issues – Gove
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said the UK will discuss “how we can help” the EU’s vaccination effort but there is no chance that Britain’s programme will be affected by the AstraZeneca row.
Asked if the UK might lose out because the EU has not got enough doses, Mr Gove said: “No. The programme of vaccination has been agreed and assured and the supplies were fixed some time ago and we will make sure that the vaccine programme proceeds exactly as planned.”
He told ITV’s Good…
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