Boris Johnson: People should not get their hopes up too soon over vaccine

Boris Johnson has urged people not to get carried away despite news that the first Covid vaccine will be rolled out from next week.

The Prime Minister says at this stage it is "very, very important that people do not get their hopes up too soon about the speed at which we will be able to roll out this vaccine.

"We will be rolling it out as fast as we possibly can. But that's why I put so much emphasis on the tiering system and mass community testing as we roll out the vaccine over the next few weeks."

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