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Britain accelerates vaccination scheme
By EUobserver
Britain has pulled forward its deadline for giving at least one coronavirus jab to every adult in the country from September to 31 July, with UK health secretary Matt Hancock saying on Sunday "we now think that we have the supplies" to speed up the vaccination programme. Britain's mishandling of the pandemic saw much higher death tolls compared to most of Europe, but its inoculation scheme won back political capital.