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An 82-year-old has become the first person to be vaccinated with the new Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Dialysis patient Brian Pinker was given the jab at Oxford University Hospital.

Just over half a million doses of the newly approved vaccine will be available from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.

Jabs will be delivered at some 730 vaccination sites already established across the UK, with others opening this week to take the total to more than 1,000, according to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

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