U.K. vaccine rollout gives reasons for economic optimism, says Bank of England

Published: March 15, 2021, 11:05 a.m.

From the BBC World Service: The governor of the U.K.’s central bank, Andrew Bailey of the Bank of England, gave a cautiously optimistic view of the country’s economic prospects for the year ahead, thanks to the vaccine rollout. Also, the Netherlands and Ireland raise concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and Italy heads back to lockdown.