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Care home residents 'to get coronavirus vaccine by christmas' as plans smoothed over

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Care home residents could get the coronavirus jab by Christmas as a hitch in the vaccine rollout plan is smoothed over, reports claim.

The medical regulator has confirmed the Covid-19 jab will be able to be delivered to nursing homes starting this week following concerns about the difficulty of distributing it.

The UK is tomorrow set to become the first country in the world to roll out a Covid-19 jab However the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine presents logistical challenges as it must be stored at such low temperatures.

According to The Times, medicine regulators have found a way to get around the 'cold chain' challenge that had so far seen better-equipped hospitals take delivery of the first doses initially.

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