UK to start vaccinations from Tuesday

The government of UK is going to start coronavirus vaccination process from Tuesday, chief of National Health Service (NHS) said today.

In the program BBC Breakfast, Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers said, “Immunization throughout the UK will be "a marathon, not a sprint", but added: "We're looking forward to the race starting on Tuesday."

Scotland’s first minister Nicola sturgeon confirmed that vaccination will be started on Tuesday in Scotland too.

For the first time, the UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine - enough to vaccinate 20 million people.