Liverpool's fight against Coronavirus gets shot in the arm as first vaccines set to be rolled out
Those aged 80 and over, care home staff as well as front line NHS workers are first in line to get the jab.
Liverpool's fight against coronavirus gets a big shot in the arm today as the first vaccines are rolled out.
The city is among 50 hubs set to administer the vaccine in the first wave in England, with more due to receive doses over the coming weeks.
NHS bosses say it will be the "largest scale vaccination campaign" in British history.
Those aged 80 and over, care home staff as well as front line NHS workers are first in line to get the jab.
Chair of Liverpool CCG and GP Fiona Lemmens says she's honoured to be at the front of the queue :
"I'll be having mine and I will be putting my mum and dad at the front of the queue. It makes me feel really lucky to be one of the first to get it and to be able to protect me and my family. That feels like a real privilege.
"If our staff get vaccinated that will reduce the risk of them developing symptoms and needing to be off sick. We've had really pressures due to staff getting Covid and having to self isolate so that will relieve the pressure."
The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer jab, enough to vaccinate 20 million people, as people need to receive two doses.
There are 800,000 doses in the first tranche, meaning that 400,000 people will be vaccinated initially.
The vaccines have been stored in undisclosed secure locations to ensure the security of the vaccine and of those storing and delivering it.