UK vaccinates nearly 140,000 people so far

Nearly 140,000 people in the United Kingdom have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the first week of the roll-out of the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the minister in charge of deployment of the vaccine said on Wednesday.

"A really good start to the vaccination programme. It's been 7 days and we have done: England: 108,000, Wales: 7,897, Northern Ireland: 4,000, Scotland: 18,000. UK Total 137,897," Nadhim Zahawi said in a tweet, reports Reuters.

"That number will increase as we have operationalised hundreds of PCN (primary care networks)," he said.