Welsh patients to be first in UK to receive Moderna Covid vaccine

Nation's mass rollout begins on Wednesday, while Scotland will administer first doses later this week

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Patients in Wales will from Wednesday become the first in the UK to receive the Moderna vaccine as part of a mass vaccination programme, with the first doses in Scotland set to come later this week.

The initial jabs would be given at the West Wales general hospital in Carmarthen, the Welsh government said.