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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Denis Campbell Health policy editor

England’s Covid vaccine drive good value for money at £8.3bn, says NAO

A sheet of stickers for people who have received the Covid-19 vaccination
The National Audit Office found that uptake of the coronavirus vaccine ‘exceeded expectations’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The Covid vaccination rollout saved 128,000 lives, inoculated more people than expected and was good value for money at £8.3bn, a major Whitehall report says.

Despite its success, 3.7 million people are unvaccinated and “substantial risks” to programme’s future success remain, including the need to settle who delivers jabs in the months to come, because NHS staff already have jobs, according to the National Audit Office.

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