A plush £25,000-a-year private club is flying members to India and the UAE to receive a Covid vaccination instead of waiting for their turn in the UK.
London-based Knightsbridge Circle says it has been flying over-65s to Dubai for jabs for the past two weeks, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is now available in India.
For a fee, reportedly around £40,000, wealthy jetsetters get first class flights, accommodation in a luxury apartment and the lifesaving jabs.
Founder Stuart McNeill said he was excited to launch a "luxury travel vaccine programme" for clients around the world. He told The Telegraph : "You go for a few weeks to a villa in the sunshine, get your jabs and your certificate and you’re ready to go.” Mr McNeill said people are