Coronavirus live news: UK to get vaccine from next week; England enters tier system after lockdown
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved in UK; New tier system replaces lockdown; US reported over 100,000 cases every day in NovemberJohnson suffers biggest Commons revolt as MPs back tougher Covid tiers US hospitals fill with 100,000 Covid-19 cases CDC panel recommends giving vaccines to healthcare workers firstSee all our coronavirus coverage 7.50am GMT Scotland's interim chief medical officer Gregor Smith has tweeted:Wonderful news that MHRA has approved the authorisation to supply Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. First of several vaccines in pipeline and begins to change everything for our future. https://t.co/Ri02imfXS9 7.36am GMT The vaccination programme will be the “largest-scale vaccination campaign in our country's historyâ€, the chief executive of the NHS in England has said. Sir Simon Stevens added:This is an important next step in our response to the coronavirus pandemic and hospitals will shortly kick off the first phase of the largest-scale vaccination campaign in our country's history.The NHS has a proven track record of delivering large-scale vaccinations from the winter flu jab to BCG and, once the final hurdles are cleared and the vaccine arrives in England's hospitals, health service staff will begin offering people this ground-breaking jab in a programme that will expand to cover the whole country in the coming months.
