U.K. Prepares for National Deployment of Covid Vaccine

  • Shot has arrived from Belgium ready for rollout Tuesday
  • Fifty hospitals around the U.K. will initially receive the jab

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The U.K. is gearing up to deploy its first Covid-19 vaccine with plans to provide the shot at more than 1,000 centers across the country over the coming weeks with the first jab expected to be given on Tuesday.