Pfizer vaccine approved.
Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK - BBC News
Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out.
The first 800,000 doses will be available in the UK from next week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said.
People should wait to be contacted by the NHS, he added.
Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list, followed by over-80s and health and care staff.
Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK - BBC News