UK hospital told to prepare for Oxford COVID vaccine in November: The Sun

FILE PHOTO: An employee is seen at the Reference Center for Special Immunobiologicals (CRIE) of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) where the trials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine are conducted, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Staff at a major London hospital trust have been told to be ready to receive the first batches of the vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc, The Sun newspaper reported on Monday.

The Sun said the hospital was told to prepare for the vaccine from the "week commencing the 2 November."

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Kate Holton)