vaccine after the NHS thought he was 6cm tall.Liam Thorp, 32, was surprised to receive a text message telling him it was time for his first jab despite having no underlying health conditions.
The Liverpool Echo Political Editor was confused over why he had been given priority for the vaccine - so decided to give his GP a call to check if there had been a mistake.
The journalist was stunned when his doctor informed him he had been placed in Group 6 for the jab after he was recorded as being 6.2cm tall rather than his actual height of 6ft 2in.This meant NHS staff mistakenly thought he was 'morbidly obese' and had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28,000 - 1,000 times the UK average.