UK Wants to Vaccinate All Adults Before Sharing Vaccine With Other Countries

Health workers are seen taking a break as people wait in line outside of a COVID-19 vaccination centre at St Thomas' hospital, amid the spread of the CCP virus pandemic in London on March 29, 2021. Toby Melville/Reuters

LONDON—Britain will focus on vaccinating the whole of its adult population before it can to provide any surplus shots to other countries such as its close neighbour Ireland, British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Tuesday.

More than 30 million Britons have received their first COVID-19 shots in the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe, with the aim of offering shots to all adults by the end of July.