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| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson |
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday urged the British public to not get carried away with 'over-optimism' after the govt approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for mass use.
Boris Johnson stressed that it remains important that the country follows the tiered Covid Winter Plan and remain under alert to get through the long and cold months ahead before the vaccine administration process is in full swing by early next year.
"We have been waiting and hoping for the day when the searchlights of science would pick out our invisible enemy and give us the power to stop that enemy from making us ill and now the scientists have done it," said Johnson.
The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week.
Britain's vaccine committee will decide which priority groups will get the jab first such as care home residents, health and care staff, the elderly and people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, the report added.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the programme would begin early next week. Hospitals, he said, were already ready to receive it. "It is very good news," Hancock said.
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