Coronavirus: the UK is the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine | 5 News

► Subscribe to 5 News: http://bit.ly/5NewsSub ►'Help is on its way'. That is what the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said as it was announced that the UK has become the first country in the world to approve a Covid -19 vaccine. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has gone through months of clinical trials. While some have expressed concern about the speed of the approval, regulators say they are 'absolutely confident' it is safe for widespread use. The vaccines will roll out next week, with care homes, the elderly and NHS staff, the first in line. ►Coronavirus: Boris Johnson has a fight on his hands to get tiers approved in parliament    • Coronavirus: Boris Johnson has a fight on ...   ► #5News #News #Vaccine ► Follow 5 News: Facebook: http://bit.ly/5NewsFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/5NewsTwitter ► About 5 News: Channel 5 News covers the key events of the day with a boldness to often lead on different stories to other news programmes and put people at the heart of its news reports. The flagship programme at 5pm is watched by up to a million viewers, with a later bulletin broadcast at 6.30pm and regular short news updates throughout the day. The Channel 5 News operation is located in a bespoke state-of-the-art newsroom based at Channel 5, linked to ITN's central technical, editorial and corporate infrastructure. ITN changed the TV news landscape when it launched 5 News in 1997, producing Five News for nine years before winning the contract to supply news to Channel 5 again from 2012.