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Corona vaccination activities in the UK are starting on Tuesday

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  • 07 December, 2020 12:41:11

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News Desk: Corona vaccination in the UK will start from Tuesday. This information was given in the report of BBC online. The country's health department said the National Health Service (NHS) would begin vaccination work tomorrow.

Corona's vaccination program is being described as the largest vaccination program in UK history. Health workers, people over the age of 60 and care home workers will be the first to receive the corona vaccine as Corona front-line fighters.

Initially, 50 hospitals have been identified as immunization sites in England. Vaccination will also start tomorrow in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These places will also be vaccinated from the hospital.

UK Health Minister Matt Hancock described the launch of the corona vaccination campaign as a "historic moment".

Matt Hancock called on everyone to play their part in preventing coronavirus. He also asked everyone to follow local restrictions during the NHS vaccination program.

Special containers filled with Corona vaccine are coming to the UK from Belgium. Later they are being sent to the hospital from a safe place.

Professor Stephen Paus, the NHS's national medical director, said the first dose of the corona vaccine would go to hospitals on Monday, despite many complications. Vaccination will start tomorrow.

On December 2, the United Kingdom approved the use of a coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, a joint venture between Pfizer and Bioentech. The United Kingdom is the first country in the world to approve the use of this vaccine.

Bahrain is the second country in the world after the United Kingdom to give emergency approval to the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine. The announcement was made on December 4 by the country.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), a UK drug regulator, says the Pfizer-Bioentech coronary vaccine is safe for the human body.

The US drugmaker Pfizer and the German company Bioentech claim that their corona vaccine is 95 percent effective.

The Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine should be stored at a temperature of minus 60 degrees Celsius.

The UK has already ordered 40 million dose of Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 94, will receive the Pfizer-Bioentech corona vaccine in a few weeks.

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