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by nsteel 1997 days ago
There's more info at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55500238

> There are thought to be more than five million doses of the Oxford vaccine in the UK, but only just over 500,000 are ready for use.

> That is because vaccines have to be put into vials and batched and certified.

> Sources at the NHS expressed frustration at the situation. "The NHS is ready to go, but we can only go as quickly as supply allows," one said.