VACCINE STATISTICS

The UK Government invested £88 million into research and development

So far 357 million free vaccine doses have been purchased for UK citizens

The UK Government invested £230m-plus into manufacturing vaccines

Vaccines annually prevent 2-3 million deaths globally, potentially millions more

Vaccines are tested on 20,000 to 30,000 people before being made available to the public

Hundreds of thousands of people signed up to trials, thousands more continue to be recruited

Over 600 clinical trials take place every year for other medicines

Additional £100 million will fund UK Government’s vaccine state-of-the-art mass production

The UK Government has established ‘rapid deployment facility’ thanks to an extra £38 million manufacturing investment

An extra £93 million will see UK’s first dedicated Manufacturing and Innovation Centre open a year earlier than planned