U.K. has approved of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use from next week.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday hailed the “searchlights of science” which have fought back against the “invisible enemy” COVID-19 with an approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine but urged the British public to not get carried away with “over optimism”.
Addressing a 10 Downing Street briefing to confirm that the vaccine will be ready to be deployed to the highest risk categories by next week, Mr. Johnson stressed that it remains important that the country follows the tiered COVID Winter Plan and remain under alert to get through the long and cold months ahead before the vaccine administration process is in full swing by early next year.
“We have been waiting and hoping for the day when the searchlights of science would pick out our invisible enemy and give us the power to stop that enemy from making us ill — and now the scientists have done it,” said Mr….