COVID vaccine update: First ‘shots in arms’ could be next week; Pentagon names bases with vaccine Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign to inoculate people with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Some people in the vaccine trials run by Pfizer and other drug companies reported feeling mild side effects.AP Facebook Share Health officials said Alabama is ready to move once the first coronavirus vaccine receives official approval. “Once those recommendations come, we will be ready to get shots in the arms that day or the next day,” State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said.