114 million new vaccine doses secured

The UK government has secured 114 million new vaccines, future-proofing our vaccination effort and protecting the public for years to come.

  • Thanks to the Vaccines Taskforce, Britain has an excellent track record of securing the vaccines the country needs to keep this virus at bay.
  • These new deals will future proof the Great British vaccination effort – which has so far delivered more than 115 million first, second and booster jabs across the UK – and will ensure we can protect even more people in the years ahead.
  • This is a national mission and our best weapon to deal with this virus and its variants is to get jabs in arms – so when you are called forward, get the jab and get boosted.
  • I would never encourage anyone to put anything in their body which I would not put in my own: I had the booster jab myself yesterday and would like to praise the excellent operaton at the community pharmacy in Dunmail Park just north of Workington. I had the flu jab at the same time.
  • The UK also continues to supply vaccines to other countries, particularly those most in need. As David Cameron used to say, we are all in this together and no country will be safe until we are all safe.

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