‘Significant problems’ remain around fair vaccine distribution as new jab rolled out
A vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the Lochee Health Centre in Dundee
CAMPAIGNERS say that “significant problems” remain around the fair distribution of the new Oxford vaccine, which was rolled out in Britain for the first time today.
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, became the first person in the world today to receive the jab outside of clinical trials at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Churchill Hospital.
More than half a million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are now ready for use and will be administered from six hospital trusts: in Oxford, London, Sussex, Lancashire and Warwickshire.
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