An overview of UK vaccination policy, including an introduction to the science of vaccination and UK vaccination programmes.
Explore the progress of Covid-19 vaccines research, international initiatives for global access, UK vaccination policy, and what we know so far about the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Research from the House of Commons Library
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Answering commonly asked questions about the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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The challenge to secure enough vaccines for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
Research from POST
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How are vaccines made and what is the UK Government doing to accelerate vaccine manufacture?
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Explaining the most common scientific terms used in research that relates to Covid-19.
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How is vaccine safety measured and what happens when side effects are found?
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With several potential vaccines approaching the end of clinical trials, a new focus is how they will be approved for general use.
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Which COVID-19 vaccines are closer to the finish line? Which ones have been approved already for use in humans?
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The UK Government secured early access to 340 million doses of six different Covid-19 vaccine candidates.
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There are almost 150 coronavirus vaccine candidates under development. Only 19 of these are now being tested in humans.
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Who is working on a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 and when might a Covid-19 vaccine become available?