Boots and Tesco offer help with Covid-19 vaccine rollout in UK

Margaret Keenan was the first person in the world to get the vaccination outside of a clinical trial (Jacob King/PA)

High street chains Tesco and Boots have offered to help with the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.

It is believed that Tesco has offered its distribution arm to help with the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine while Boots is opening three Covid-19 vaccination sites, in Halifax, Huddersfield and Gloucester.