A 90 -year-old British woman has become the first person in the world to receive a coronavirus vaccine as the UK begins its mass vaccination programme. Britain is the worst-hit European country by Covid-19 with over 61,000 deaths. “I could have more hope for the AstraZeneca vaccine coming and getting us to where we are because we can easily store it. Already, wealthy nations representing just 13 per cent of the world’s population have cornered more than half (51 per cent) of the promised doses of leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates. Big purchases include the EU with 200 million doses and an option for a further 100 million, the UK with 40 million, and the US with 100 million and an option to buy another 500 million.

Source: Daily Nation December 08, 2020 09:45 UTC