More than 5,000 personnel are assisting with testing, cross-channel logistics and vaccine deliveriesThe armed forces are conducting their biggest home operation in peacetime in support of the Covid-19 response, as the first Oxford vaccines are set to be administered. More than 5,000 personnel are assisting with testing, cross-channel logistics and vaccine deliveries, military chiefs said, as a “quick vaccine task force” is set up to support the NHS. Today Britain will become the first country in the world to use the Oxford vaccine outside clinical trials. At least 530,000 doses are ready, and the government has pledged that tens of millions more will be available over the course of the winter. There are 730 vaccination sites already in place across the country, set up to distribute the Pfizer vaccine.

Source: The Times January 04, 2021 00:00 UTC