Many have been sharing their experiences of receiving the vaccine in a bid to encourage others.
Here are some of the first to receive their vaccinations.
– Tom Parker
Tom Parker of The Wanted (Joe Giddens/PA)
The Wanted singer, 32, received the Pfizer/BioNTech jab and encouraged his followers to do the same “so we can all move on”.
The father-of-two is undergoing treatment for a brain tumour and is therefore likely to be in a priority group for the clinically extremely vulnerable.
– Sir David Attenborough
(John Stillwell/PA)
The naturalist and broadcaster, 94, received the Covid-19 jab in January, months after speaking of the “immense suffering” caused by the pandemic.