There have been incredible scientific breakthroughs in the last 12 months. Never before have vaccines been conceived, developed, tested and approved at this speed. But as the NHS nears breaking point and after days of alarming numbers of Covid-related deaths, there was a new urgency in the government’s vaccination efforts this week.
The Observer’s scientific editor, Robin McKie, tells Anushka asthana that scientists work around the clock in laboratories to produce doses of the vaccine and that after high-profile problems with test-and-trace systems, there can be no excuses to screw up the vaccine rollout.
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