Vaccines vital to defeat COVID-19
A multi-million pound vaccine programme is being rolled out at a fast rate across the UK with over ten million people having already been immunised. We focus on how jabs are being distributed and the many people working together to ensure everyone receives the vital vaccine.
AFTER BECOMING the world’s first country to approve a vaccine for use, the UK Government has bought jabs on behalf of all the UK, distributing them around England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The government has invested over £300 million in securing and scaling up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic.
We already have several authorised vaccines combating COVID-19 ... more than any other country in the world.
The priority is to save as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible, while also reducing hospitalisations that create pressure on the NHS. The UK is vaccinating more than double the rate per person per day than any other country in Europe.
This success has been made possible by many people from the scientists developing the vaccine and forces personnel setting up vaccination centres to delivery drivers and remote doctors vaccinating the elderly within their community, all working together across the whole nation. Vaccination is the best way to protect people from coronavirus and is the best route back to normality.
The vital vaccine works by teaching your immune system how to defend itself against viral attack.