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Quick decision on Covid vaccine shows Britain is best, says Williamson

We’re better than America, Williamson claims as medical chief warns of restrictions until spring
Care homes demanded clarity after it emerged that they would be excluded from the first wave of vaccinations
Care homes demanded clarity after it emerged that they would be excluded from the first wave of vaccinations
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A cabinet minister sought to argue this morning that Britain had approved a coronavirus vaccine early because it was “a much better country” than other western nations, while the deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said that he had told his mother to get the jab.

Despite the approval of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday, Professor Van-Tam extended his favoured football metaphor to argue that people should stick with social distancing rules until spring.

“It’s clear in the first half the away team gave us a battering. They got a goal, and in the 70th minute we have now got an equaliser . . . We have got to hold our nerve,” he told the BBC as part of interviews to encourage confidence in the vaccine.