China News Service, January 19 According to a British Sky News report on the 19th, British Prime Minister Johnson revealed that more than 4 million people in the UK have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.
At the same time, he still emphasized to the public that the blockade measures will not be relaxed.
According to reports, Johnson said when visiting a new crown vaccine production plant jointly developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, the UK is launching the new crown vaccine "as soon as possible."
On January 4, at the Rocky Health Center in Dundee, Scotland, a nurse injected an 82-year-old man with the new crown vaccine.
According to the latest data from Public Health England, a total of 4,062501 people in the UK have received the first dose of the vaccine.
From the 18th local time, the United Kingdom began to vaccinate the new crown vaccine for people over 70 years old and those who are clinically classified as extremely vulnerable.
Britain’s minister in charge of vaccine affairs, Nadhim Zahawi, told Sky News earlier that a 24-hour COVID-19 vaccination center will be trial run in London before the end of January 2021.
When asked when the restrictions can begin to be relaxed, Johnson said that this will be a gradual process that will depend on the successful promotion of the vaccine and the absence of new virus variants.
"I fully understand that people want to return to normal as soon as possible. It really depends on whether things go well," Johnson emphasized.
He said, "It depends on whether the vaccination plan can go smoothly, whether there will be a new variant virus that will invalidate our plan, and we have to deal with it... We are not out of danger."
Johnson said the British government will "assess what has been achieved" in mid-February, when the deadline set by the UK to provide the most vulnerable population with the first dose of vaccine.
"Only then will we be able to discuss the road ahead and what measures we can take to relax the restrictions."