She was given the injection at 06:31 GMT - the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that will be given in the coming weeks. The UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week. Some 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been secured by the government to be administered in the coming weeks. Orders have been placed for 40 million in total - enough for 20 million people, as two courses are needed. However, most of that is not expected to become available until next year, although government sources said another four million doses should arrive in the country by the end of the year.

Source: The Star December 08, 2020 07:15 UTC