Making getting it to care homes where there is a huge need challenging. (Image: PA)One senior hospital executive told the publications: “We’ve been told to expect the vaccine on 7 December and plan to start vaccinating our staff all that week. “The original plan was to do care homes first. "But in practice the NHS will vaccinate NHS staff with the Pfizer vaccine, and pretty quickly, because of its short shelf life. This news is not what care homes were hoping for.

Source: Daily Mirror November 28, 2020 12:03 UTC