Matt Hancock says Britain will be through Covid-19 "by spring" after the first people are given vaccines from Monday. It comes after the first vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech was approved for clinical use by regulators.
It means the UK is the first country in the world with a clinically approved vaccine ready to roll out. Mr Hancock said details of the priority list for vaccinations would be set out later this morning.
And he said the vaccine would be delivered in 50 hospital vaccination centres across the country, along with large scale vaccination centres currently being set up and through GPs and pharmacists in communities. "Help is on its way.