The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve a mass rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and expects to begin immunisations within days. BBC has reported that the British drug regulator has approved the vaccine. The UK has ordered 40 million doses already; which is enough to vaccinate 20 million people with two shots each. Experts in the UK have prepared a priority list and will be giving the vaccine to the people at the highest risk first. This includes care home residents and staff; people over the age of 80 and health and social care workers. The country will see mass immunization of everyone over 50 as well as younger people with pre-existing health conditions as more vaccines become available. The vaccine will be given as two injections; 21 days apart; with the second dose being a booster.
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