LONDON: The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), potentially starting within days.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country’s biggest vaccine program in decades.

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