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Oliver Picard, chair of the National Pharmacy Association, told BBC Radio 5 Live that his pharmacies were getting a booking for a jab every two to three minutes with more than 100 overnight. “It is unsustainable,” he said. “We don’t have any vaccines. We always keep a small stock which was used up very quickly.”