All Eyes on U.K. for Western World’s First Covid Shots
- Elderly and health-care workers first in line for Pfizer shot
- Johnson warns that virus threat still rising in some areas
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The U.K.’s National Health Service launched what it has called the biggest immunization campaign in its history, starting Covid vaccinations across the country.
People over 80 are at the front of the line for the shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on Tuesday, with tens of thousands expected to get vaccinated in the coming days. The U.K. is the first western nation to begin its program, having approved the jab last week.