Vaccination
England’s deputy chief medical officer tells public not to "abandon caution" and that Covid is "going to be with humankind forever".
Matt Hancock said "help is on its way" after the UK became the first Western country to have a clinically approved vaccine.
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Professor Calum Semple said vaccination of the “frail and elderly” will “take the pressure off” hospitals and may allow restrictions to be lifted.
"The risk of having a severe outcome from Covid-19 far outweighs any theoretical risk of a vaccine," Robin Shattock told BBC Question Time.
Cabinet minister had suggested the government would not be able to stop wealthy people jumping the queue.
Matt Hancock said he had told the NHS to be ready to begin vaccinating people from the start of December.
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With positive news of Pfizer's vaccine being approved for use in the UK, these groups will be first in line to receive it.