Roll out of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine will take time says Kent health bosses
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Updated: 17:45, 17 December 2020
The mass rollout of coronvirus vaccinations in Kent has been described as a marathon rather than a sprint as greater capacity is forecast for January.
UK health workers have started immunising patients as the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab will be administered from at least 18 GP surgeries across the county by Saturday.
Kenneth Lamb was the first to receive the vaccine this morning in Kent. Picture: Hospital trust
Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group s (CCG) primary care group, which oversees the county s 200 GPs, met earlier today and described the news as brilliant but downplayed the expectations of 1.8 million residents.