Summary

  • The UK is the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use

  • Vaccinations will start in "a matter of days" but will not be mandatory

  • It is not yet known when all care home residents in Wales will be able to receive the vaccine

  • Everyone over 50 will be offered the vaccine in the coming months

  • The jab offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19

Live Reporting

George Herd and Ben Frampton

  1. Who gets the vaccine and when?

    Graphic showing who will get the vaccine first, how and when

  2. How to watch the latest vaccine update

    Wales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton will be joined by the co-chairwoman of the Covid-19 programme board, Dr Gillian Richardson, at today's briefing, to give further details on the pandemic and the vaccine developments.

    You can watch it live on BBC One Wales, S4C, the BBC iPlayer, and via the Wales Today coronavirus update video link above.

    Man with Covid vaccineGetty Images

  3. Welcome

    Woman being vaccinatedGetty Images

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the latest Welsh Government briefing, on the day it was announced the first vaccine against Covid-19 has been approved for use in the UK.

    The main points so far:

    • The rollout of vaccinations in Wales will start "within a matter of days"
    • The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech jab
    • The over-80s, care home staff and residents and those working in health an social care will get it first
    • First Minister Mark Drakeford said it was a "small glimmer of light" at the end of a long dark tunnel
    • In the meantime, new restrictions come into force on Friday in Wales
    • It has led to calls for a Senedd vote before pubs are banned from selling alcohol