In just a few days, people in Britain will be receiving the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. On Wednesday, the United Kingdom became the first country to grant approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. It is the fastest-ever rollout of a vaccine from concept to reality to distribution. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry joins host Marco Werman from London.
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