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How to Vaccinate the World: The Beginning

The Beginning

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Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.

The dramatic breakthrough in the race for a Covid vaccine means an unprecedented global effort is about to  begin.  Tim Harford charts its progress in How To Vaccinate The World.

A dramatic breakthrough in the race for a Covid vaccine has been announced. Now what?  An unprecedented logistical effort unfolds. How effective are all these new vaccines? What goes on behind the scenes as they are manufactured, distributed, injected? Who should get priority – and who will get priority? And what about the people who mistrust the very idea?  Tim Harford will be searching for answers to these and other questions in the defining story of the pandemic in the new series: How To Vaccinate The World.
Producer: Sandra Kanthal
Editor: Richard Vadon

Contact us: vaccine@bbc.co.uk

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Scientists are racing to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.But creating a workable vaccine is just the start. Tim Harford is your guide to this epic global undertaking.

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