The first anniversary of the Oxford/AstraZenca vaccine
Today marked the one year anniversary of the UK’s deployment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – since then 2.5 billion doses have been administered globally, giving billions around the world a UK made way to fight back against the virus.
- Backed by government funding, the UK-made, Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has played a crucial role in the fight against COVID-19, saving countless lives in the UK and around the world.
- The UK has distributed around 2.5 billion doses at cost to more than 170 countries and almost two-thirds of these have gone to low and lower-middle-income countries – we will donate a further 20 million AstraZeneca doses to countries in need this year as part of our commitment to donate 100 million doses overall.
- Our vaccine programme is world leading but with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, it is more important than ever that people come forward for their vaccines and booster to protect the progress we have made.
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