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Mass COVID-19'¯Immunization Plans'¯Raise'¯Huge Challenges

Jamie Dettmer

   Britain's'¯prime minister,'¯Boris Johnson,'¯has likened the scientists
   who'¯have'¯developed coronavirus vaccines to the cavalry arriving just
   in the nick of time. "The toot of the bugle is louder," he reassured
   Britons during a recent news conference.'¯'¯

   But like'¯his'¯European counterparts,'¯Johnson's government'¯is
   scrambling to come up with a vaccine distribution plan and is having to
   answer key logistical and epidemiological questions, including who
   should be in the early waves to receive inoculations and how to ramp up
   a mass immunization program able to'¯vaccinate'¯millions as soon as
   possible.'¯'¯

   On Tuesday, British regulators approved the use of Pfizer's coronavirus
   vaccine, saying a rollout will begin next week. Health'¯minister Matt
   Hancock said the approval of the vaccine is "fantastic news."'¯'¯

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