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UK makes final preparations for mass vaccination
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The UK will begin a mass vaccination on Tuesday, beginning with the elderly, health workers, and carers UK makes final preparations for mass vaccination
The UK will begin a mass vaccination on Tuesday, beginning with the elderly, health workers, and carers
Hundreds of thousands of doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are being distributed around the UK in time to begin the immunisation programme on Tuesday.
Hospitals in all four nations will serve as hubs, but NHS England's medical director warned the process would be a "marathon, not a sprint".
Prof Stephen Powis said it would take "many months" to vaccinate everybody who needs it.
Frontline health staff, those over 80, and care home workers will be first to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
In England, 50 hospitals have been initially chosen to serve as hubs for administering the vaccine.
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will also begin their vaccination programmes from hospitals on Tuesday.
