'Hopefully it's the beginning of the end': first in line prepare for Covid vaccine in UK

Katie Stewart of Borders general hospital in Scotland is eligible for one of the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab

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A tiny little bit apprehensive - but mainly absolutely delighted and thrilled that it's here and I'm getting it." That's how one of the world's first people in line to receive the new coronavirus vaccine is approaching things as it begins to be administered to people in Britain on Tuesday.

Katie Stewart, 37, is a consultant anaesthetist at the Borders general hospital on the outskirts of Melrose in Scotland. Her work treating Covid patients in intensive care, and her upcoming role as a coronavirus vaccinator, makes her eligible for one of the 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine available in the UK.