The largest-scale immunisation programme in British history will begin tomorrow morning when the first coronavirus vaccines are administered.
Dozens of hospital hubs are making final preparations to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on what is reportedly being dubbed “V-Day” by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The over-80s, NHS staff and care home workers and residents will be first in line for the Covid-19 combatting shot.
It comes as new figures revealed the extent of “excess savings” amassed by Britons during national lockdowns, as the public are urged to the economy by splashing some of that cash.
Staying at home for months on end sent the household saving ratio soaring to an all-time high of 29.1 per cent in the second quarter of this year – amounting to around £100 billion – the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
