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“In the first half, the away team gave us an absolute battering … and in the 70th minute, we’ve now got an equaliserâ€

England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam gives his best football analogy for the coronavirus vaccine.

Following news that the UK had become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam was taking callers' questions live on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News.

Referring to the approved vaccine, he told Rachel Burden: "They key is not to lose it, not to throw it away, because we've got a point up."

This clip is originally from 5Live Your Call on Thursday 3 December.

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