Covid: Matt Hancock reveals Matt Damon virus film Contagion inspired UK vaccine strategy

Wednesday February 3, 2021, 1:44 PM
In the 2011 movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh, health officials scramble to contain a new deadly virus which becomes pandemic after being spread by an infected pig. Credit: AP/PA
Matt Hancock has revealed the movie Contagion, a film about a deadly viral pandemic, provided him inspiration for the UK's Covid-19 vaccine strategy.
The health secretary said the film, starring Matt Damon, had helped demonstrate to him the importance of securing enough vaccines once they had been approved, though he was careful to point out it was not his sole inspiration for bulk buying jabs ahead of the pack.

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