More coronavirus vaccinations given in England

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Published Dec 17, 2020

(8 Dec 2020) British health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.
The first 800,000 doses are going to people over 80 who are either hospitalized or already have outpatient appointments scheduled, along with nursing home workers. Others will have to wait their turn.
Michael Tipps, a patient receiving coronavirus vaccine, told reporters, "I hope that everyone will be able to afford it and have it, because there's really no problem at all and I think I'm really fortunate."
Public health officials have asked the public to be patient because only those who are most at risk from the virus will be vaccinated in the early stages.
Medical staff will contact people to arrange appointments, and most will have to wait until next year before there is enough vaccine to expand the program.
Public health officials elsewhere are watching Britain's rollout as they prepare for the unprecedented task of vaccinating billions of people to end a pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million.
While the U.K. has a well-developed infrastructure for delivering vaccines, it is geared to administer them to groups such as school children or pregnant women, not the whole population.
The U.K. is getting a head start on the project after British regulators on Dec. 2 gave emergency authorization to the vaccine produced by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech.
U.S. and European Union authorities are also reviewing the vaccine, alongside rival products developed by U.S. biotechnology company Moderna, and a collaboration between Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca.

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