With the UK on track to vaccinate all its priority groups with a first dose by mid-April, the target date for getting an initial vaccine to the rest of the British population has been brought forward by a month, to the end of July.
In conjunction with this, prime minister Boris Johnson has revealed his plan to bring the country out of lockdown. Although slow and cautious, the roadmap is broadly sensible, a panel of experts told The Conversation. It is split into four stages, and moving from each onto the next will rely on vaccine rollout continuing to go to plan. On this front, the current signs are positive.