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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Debora Aru & John Scheerhout & Carlos Novoa

When will I get my Covid jab?

It's a question millions are thinking about: when will I get my first and second dose of a Covid vaccine?

The UK began rolling out the vaccine on December 8, and so far nearly 9m people have already received the first dose and 491,053 the second.

Certain groups are being prioritised, but the government has vowed to have everyone vaccinated by autumn.

You can see where you are in the queue by using our vaccine calculator:

On December 2, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in the UK, becoming the first coronavirus vaccine to be authorised anywhere in the world.

The government began administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 8, with Margaret Keenan, a grandmother from Coventry, the first person in the world to receive a Covid vaccination.

This was followed on December 30 by the approval of the cheaper and easier to distribute Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

A third vaccine, produced by Moderna, was approved for use in the UK in early January, with several others expected to follow in the first quarter of 2021.

In December, the government published a list of nine vulnerable groups who will be given priority, following the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

The list is as follows, in order of priority:

1) Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
2) All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
3) All those 75 years of age and over
4) All those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
5) All those 65 years of age and over
6) All individuals aged 16 to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
7) All those 60 years of age and over
8) All those 55 years of age and over
9) All those 50 years of age and over

Vaccine rollout started with the most vulnerable people before moving down through age groups and risk levels.

The plan has three phases, with the government committing to offer the vaccine to the top four priority groups, around 15m people in the UK, by mid-February.

Then the vaccine will be offered to the remaining priority groups, around 17m people in the UK, by mid-April, and all remaining adults in the UK by the autumn.

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