NEWS AND MORE's video: Londoners ditching vaccine scepticism as rollout gathers pace

Londoners ditching vaccine scepticism as rollout gathers pace As the UK's vaccine rollout programme continues apace, many Londoners said on Friday (February 4) they were willing to take the vaccine when their turn came around. So far, Britain has delivered shots to almost 10.5 million people and aims to have hit 15 million by the mid-February target. The UK government said on Friday it wants to have offered an additional 17 million people their first shot by May. A study carried out by academics at Oxford university in Autumn 2020 warned a sizeable minority of people believe conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines. The survey showed that almost two-thirds of people would get vaccinated for the disease. But many have expressed unease at the speed at which companies have developed the drugs to tackle it, and about possible side effects. The World Health Organization estimates a 65-70% vaccine coverage rate as necessary to reach population immunity through vaccination, though the idea of herd immunity assumes a vaccine prevents transmission, not just the disease itself. (Production: Gerhard Mey, Natalie Thomas)