Regulator backs third jab, but none of the 17m doses ordered will be available until spring
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British regulators have approved a third coronavirus vaccine, but Brexit means it will not be available to administer to the first patient until the spring.
The government has agreed to buy 10m more doses of the Moderna vaccine to add to the 7m it had already ordered, after the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) authorised it, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said on Friday.
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