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Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week

Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff. [AP]

Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine this week.

It will initially make the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors' clinics, the government said yesterday. The first doses are set to be administered tomorrow, with the National Health Service (NHS) giving top priority to vaccinating the over-80s, frontline healthcare workers and care home staff and residents.

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