Covid-19 vaccine: World rolls up sleeves to take a shot

The UK will start mass vaccination for Covid-19 on Tuesday, followed by the US as soon as Friday. Russia started vaccination of front-line workers and other high-risk people in Moscow on Saturday while China too has reportedly geared up for rollout of its domestically made Covid vaccine.

Among other European countries, Switzerland will begin jabs next month, but Germany aims to begin mass vaccinations by the summer of next year.

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine could be in use in the US by Friday if the Food and Drug Administration approves an emergency use authorisation, James Hildreth, a member of the FDA's vaccine advisory committee, told NBC News. The panel is scheduled to vote on the matter after reviewing the vaccine's data at a meeting on Thursday.