Well, the vaccine means everything for May.

I mean, to my mind, it's It's the only way of getting back to a normal life.

He received the job just a few miles from Oxford University, which developed it with AstraZeneca.

Britain is rushing to lead the Western world in vaccination.

It's the first country to roll out the latest shot, touting a triumph of British science Andi.

Last month it became the first to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and by on tech.

It has put more than a million shots into arms already more than the rest of Europe put together, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, British science that has got us to first in the world on this vaccine.

For now, though, coronavirus cases are rising sharply in Britain, fueled by a more contagious variant, so the government has had to balance its optimism and plead with the population to stick to strict rules.

More than 75,000 people have died of covert 19 in the UK, the second highest toll in Europe.

Also receiving the shop Monday was the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group, Andrew Pollard.

I think this is a is a really critical moment way are at the point of being overwhelmed by this disease, so I think it gives us a bit of hope.

But I think we've got some tough weeks ahead.

Britain has secured 100 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, which has the advantage of being stored only at fridge temperatures, whereas the fighter shot must be stored in extreme cold.

Other Western countries have taken a longer and more cautious approach to vaccinations, while Russia and China have been inoculating their populations for months with vaccines still undergoing late stage trials.