Covid vaccine: 'The safety of the public will always come first'
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination.
Dr June Raine from the MHRA said that the vaccine was recommended for approval after "an extremely thorough and scientifically rigorous review of all the evidence of safety, of effectiveness and of quality".
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