The UK government will purchase millions of doses of new coronavirus pills.
The drug is expected to be available as early as 2022.
The British government has signed deals for the purchase of 4.25 million courses of two antiviral drugs – Pfizer's ritonavir and Merck's molnupiravir.
Action was taken amid an outbreak of the Omicron coronavirus strain.
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