United Kingdom
Matt Hancock said "help is on its way" after the UK became the first Western country to have a clinically approved vaccine.
The government says it has now secured 357m doses of coronavirus vaccines from seven different developers.
The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer jab and expects 10 million doses by the end of the year.
The deaths of 696 people were recorded in the UK on Wednesday.
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That it took so long for pubs to be closed speaks to government fear of a powerful public backlash, writes Jodie Hare.
The UK government has already ordered 100m doses of the vaccine, developed with AstraZeneca.
The PM is also expected to confirm that families will be able to form Christmas “bubbles” to allow visits across the four nations of the UK.
Four nations of UK agree common approach to allow "some limited additional household bubbling for a small number of days".
“It’s the elitist thing - it’s Barnard Castle, it’s Priti Patel.”