The UK will launch the world’s first mass inoculation of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination this week, having ordered 40 million doses of the newly developed vaccine. 

Health officials will begin administering the drug in hospitals, before distributing stock to doctor’s clinics. 

The first set of vaccinations are set to be rolled out on Tuesday, with priority going to those over 80, frontline healthcare workers, and care at home staff and patients.