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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use by UK authorities

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use by UK authorities

A Covid-19 vaccine will be available in Northern Ireland from early next week.

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab, which is 95% effective, has been approved for use by UK authorities.

It's the first country in the world to approve the vaccine for widespread roll-out.

The British government has ordered 40,000,000 doses with healthcare staff and nursing home residents expected to be the first to get it.

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UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it'll be given out in three places:

"Hospitals themselves, and then there'll also be vaccination centre, and then there'll also be a community roll-out including GPs and Pharmacists."

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