totally. - kate bingham who i've never met but i kate bingham who i've never met but iwouid _ kate binghamously said take the money, get the deals, and she's— take the money, get the deals, and she's obviously a very efficient iady— she's obviously a very efficient iady as— she's obviously a very efficient lady as women often are. and she went— lady as women often are. and she went round — lady as women often are. and she went round and she went to biontech and she _ went round and she went to biontech and she went to madera and she went to oxford _ and she went to madera and she went to oxford and astrazeneca and she thought _ to oxford and astrazeneca and she thought proper deals for us as soon as she _ thought proper deals for us as soon as she could. this was before we even _ as she could. this was before we even knew— as she could. this was before we even knew that the vaccines would work _ even knew that the vaccines would work it _ even knew that the vaccines would work. it was a brave jump. even knew that the vaccines would work. it was a bravejump. i even knew that the vaccines wo

is the _ someone very early on, kate bingham is the one _ someone very early on, kate bingham is thed to get ahead of the game very quickly — to get ahead of the game very quickly. and of course, we had our own vaccines — quickly. and of course, we had our own vaccines in training, particularly the oxford vaccine which — particularly the oxford vaccine which we've heavily invested in. that's _ which we've heavily invested in. that's really coming to fruition again. — that's really coming to fruition again, making some of the front pages _ again, making some of the front pages today now that we vaccinated almost _ pages today now that we vaccinated almost 10 _ pages today now that we vaccinated almost 10 million people incredibly quickly _ almost 10 million people incredibly quickly. we are really ahead of the game _ quickly. we are really ahead of the game in _ quickly. we are really ahead of the game in terms of the international and european states, which is why we saw those _ and european states, which is why we saw those extraordinary events unfold — saw those extraordinary event

responsible for the uk's vaccination programme, and we owe our thanks to our brilliant scientists, kate binghammedicine into the arms of the nation at the kind of speed we are seeing, we are relying on the doctors and nurses and all the staff of our nhs. and it is thanks to their effort, the most colossal in the history of our national health service, that we have today passed the milestone of 10 million vaccinations in the united kingdom, including almost 90% of those aged 75 and over in england and every eligible person in a care home. and with everyjab and day, we have more evidence about the effectiveness of these vaccines. new research from oxford university suggest the protection provided by the first dose of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine kicks in after three weeks and lasts right the way through to the booster at three months and research also shows that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine seems likely to reduce transmission to others. even if these vaccines cannot make us invulnerable, and no vaccine has ever given 100% protection to everybody, the evidence increasingly shows that our vacci