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COVID-19: ‘Candle of hope’ as UK orders five million doses of new vaccine

The Health Secretary has confirmed that the UK has ordered five million doses of a promising new vaccine, which could be delivered to the UK ready to rollout in Spring.

Matt Hancock said preliminary trials showed the Moderna vaccine to be 94.5 % effective.

‘We can see the candle of hope,’ he said, but warned that people must keep following COVID-19 restrictions until a scientific breakthrough.

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