Vaccination clinics will run seven days a week and be set up in places such as sports halls when the first coronavirus jab is rolled out in the UK.
The military and NHS staff are on standby to provide the new vaccine from the start of December, said Health Secretary Matt Hancock, although most people will not get a jab until 2021.
Care home residents, as well as care home and hospital staff are top of the list to get it first. Speaking as tough lockdown restrictions are in place across the UK, Mr Hancock said it isn't known how many people will need to be vaccinated before life can begin to return to normal.
Each person will need two doses for it to work effectively, and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which is developing the vaccine, expects