COVID vaccine: When can I have a coronavirus vaccine?

COVID has killed more than 45,000 people in the UK, as England endures its second national lockdown in 2020. But experts at Pfizer and BioNTech has revealed a very positive update on their own coronavirus vaccine. When can you have a COVID-19 vaccine?

Coronavirus continues to spread across the UK, and around the entire world.

Scientists have been working hard to find an effective vaccine to protect against the deadly symptoms of COVID-19.

Experts at Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their vaccine is 90 percent effective at preventing the infection.

The UK government has already ordered 40 million doses of the treatment, which should be enough to vaccinate up to 20 million people.

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Who will be the first in line for a coronavirus vaccine?

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has drawn up a draft priority list for the public to receive the COVID vaccine.

As it stands, people living in care homes and care home workers are at the top of the priority list.

Members of the public who are at least 80 years old, or work in health and social care, are next on the list.

Everybody under 50 years old without any underlying medical conditions are last in the priority order.