{"id":114827,"date":"2021-02-28T23:08:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=114827"},"modified":"2021-02-28T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:08:31","slug":"uk-earmarks-a-further-2-3-billion-for-its-covid-vaccine-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-earmarks-a-further-2-3-billion-for-its-covid-vaccine-push\/","title":{"rendered":"UK earmarks a further $2.3 billion for its COVID vaccine push"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares an injection with a dose of Astra Zeneca coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, February 18, 2021. REUTERS\/Henry Nicholls<\/figcaption><p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce an extra 1.65 billion pounds ($2.30 billion) to fund the country\u2019s fast vaccination rollout as part of his annual budget statement on Wednesday, the finance ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting ourselves against the virus means we will be able to lift restrictions, reopen our economy and focus our attention on creating jobs and stimulating growth,\u201d Sunak said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Britain has so far given a first vaccination more than 20 million people, or more than one in three adults, Europe\u2019s fastest vaccination rollout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new money will continue to vaccinate the population and ensure every adult is offered a dose of a vaccine by July 31,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>A further 33 million pounds will be spent on vaccine testing and development to protect against future outbreaks and variants and 22 million pounds will fund a study to test the effectiveness of combinations of different COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine\/uk-earmarks-a-further-2-3-bln-for-its-covid-vaccine-push-idUSL5N2KY0AZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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