Start of the mass Vaccination Programme. The rest of the headlines today. Borisjohnson will head to brussels later this week for face to face talks in an attempt to make a breakthrough in the post brexit trade negotiations. German prosecutors say they remain convinced that a child sex offender known as christian b kidnapped and killed Madeleine Mccann, as they continue to build a case against him. And the archbishop of canterbury and the chief rabbi talk to us about the grief they have experienced for National Grief awareness week. Hello and good morning. Its being called v day by the health secretary, the start of the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. 90 year old Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the uk to be given the new covid jab, made by Pfizer Biontech. Borisjohnson has called the roll out a huge step forward in the fight against the disease. The first order of 800,000 doses has already arrived at hospitals across the uk, ready to be given to pe
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A historic day in the global fight against coronavirus 90 year old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Vaccine outside trials. So begins the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. Were live across the uk as hundreds follow in margarets footsteps. Id say, go for it. Go for it because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened. At the moment. So do, please go for it, thats all i say, you know . If i can do it, so can you. It was really, really emotional. I cant tell you just how much emotion there was in that vaccination centre. This is a truly historic day, a turning point in this pandemic. Its being dubbed v day but along with the celebrations theres a note of caution. I urge people to contain their inpatience. Their impatience. Its a very, very exciting moment but theres still a lot of work to be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. Well have all the latest as the Vaccination Programme gets under way. Also this lun
We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. Shes protecting herself, but shes also helping to protect entire country. Across the whole of the uk this morning, that is happening in scotland, Northern Ireland
and wales, in england, people are having the vaccine for the first time. Let us know your thoughts on the start of the Mass Vaccination Programme in the uk on twitter im geetagurumurthy or its bbcyourquestions. The rest of the headlines. Borisjohnson heads to brussels later this week for face to face talks saying a post brexit trade de
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