GPs in England will be given 10 days notice before any Covid-19 vaccine roll out begins. A letter from top health officials to family doctors set out more detail on how and when a vaccine will be distributed in communities.
It comes as three vaccine candidates have published interim results from their clinical trials, including most recently Oxford and AstraZeneca's jab.
All including the British vaccine have indicated positive safety and efficacy findings so far, igniting hopes of a route out of restrictions from Spring.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that a vaccine could be approved for use within "days" once regulators have received final submissions from researchers.