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UK orders over 110 mln Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses enough for 2 years: PM

UK orders over 110 mln Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses enough for 2 years: PM

London, Dec 2 (UNI/Sputnik) The United Kingdom has secured over 110 million shots of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against the coronavirus to cover the immunization efforts for two years, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
"Today the UK has ordered 114 million more Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the next two years, future proofing our lifesaving vaccine programme," Johnson tweeted.
The vaccines will be bound to modifications in line with possible new variants of the coronavirus, he added.

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