AstraZeneca poised to deliver first batches of COVID-19 vaccine to London hospitals next week

• Proactive reports that AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) will be delivering the first batches of its COVID-19 vaccine, currently dubbed AZD1222, to London hospitals as soon as next week.
• A major London hospital trust was told to put other clinical trials on hold so it could prepare to vaccinate health workers the Sun reported.
• Health Secretary Matt Hancock said vaccinating health workers was not his "central expectation" although he did not rule it out. In a interview with the BBC, he said, “We want to be ready in case everything goes perfectly but it’s not my central expectation that we will be doing that this year, but the programme is progressing well. On my central expectation, I would expect the bulk of the rollout to be in the first half of next year.”
• Last week, a Bristol University study confirmed that the vaccine builds strong immunity to the coronavirus as hoped.
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