The United Kingdom has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use beginning from next week.
This is the first time that people outside of the trial group will be immunised.
The vaccine was approved by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency( MHRA)
On Wednesday,Health Secretary,Matt Hancock tweeted “Help is on its way”
‘ The MHRA has formally authorised the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19.’
“The NHS stands ready to start vaccinating early next week.The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply.He said
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is said to be 95% effective with no safety concerns.
The governmentt says first beneficiaries of the vaccine will be priority groups- including Health workers and elderly homes
About 40 million doses of the vaccine are expected to be delivered by the vaccine producers to the UK Government for mass immunization .
