Hospitals in UK start receiving doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

A hospital worker organises the arrival of the vaccines. Picture: PA

Batches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at UK hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.

Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.