Prognosis
A Covid Vaccine Has Arrived. Get Ready for the Rollout
- People across the U.K. could begin to get shots on Tuesday
- ‘We’ve never done this before,’ vaccine executive says
Training at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic at University Hospital in Coventry, U.K., on Dec. 4.
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Less than a year after the coronavirus crisis erupted, a massive mobilization to deliver a vaccine is underway, and Britain has emerged as a proving ground.
Having cleared the shot from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, the U.K. is set to become the first Western country to vaccinate its citizens, a turning point in the battle to halt a pathogen that has killed more than 1.5 million people. Britons are expected to begin rolling up their sleeves Tuesday, with about 50 hospitals initially taking part in the campaign.