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UK becomes world's first to use Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine - NO COMMENT
British prime minister Boris Johnson met on Monday with some of the first people to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.
Johnson was visiting a London hospital where he observed some healthcare workers receiving their first dose.
The UK became the first nation in the world on Monday to start using the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, ramping up a nationwide inoculation programme as rising infection rates are putting an unprecedented strain on British hospitals.