THEY WILLINGLY SACRIFICE THE
FOLLOWERS WHO THINK THIS
DICTATOR IS SOMEHOW AUTHENTIC. DOES IT RING A BELL?
DOES IT RING A BELL?
WE’LL MOVE ON TO NEWS NOW.
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
KICKED OFF THE MASS IMMUNIZATION
PROGRAM AGAINST CORONAVIRUS.
SHIPMENTS OF BIONTECH/PFIZER
VACCINE ARRIVED.
THOSE OVER 80 AND HEALTH CARE
STAFF WILL BE THE FIRST TO
RECEIVE DOSES OF THE VACCINE.
OVERNIGHT, 90-YEAR-OLD MARGARET
KEENAN FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
BECAME THE FIRST PERSON IN THE
WORLD TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE
OUTSIDE OF TRIAL CONDITIONS.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
MIGHT BE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, I SAY GO FOR IT.
GO FOR IT, BECAUSE IT’S FREE.
IT’S THE BEST THING THAT’S EVER
HAPPENED AT THE MOMENT.
SO DO, PLEASE GO FOR IT.
THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, YOU
KNOW?
IF I CAN DO IT, WELL, SO CAN
YOU.
>> JOINING US NOW IS SENIOR
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KEIR
SIMMONS LIVE FROM WALES WHICH IS
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT COUNTRIES
IN EUROPE.
KEIR?
>> Reporter: HEY, MIKA.
WELL, WE’RE INSIDE A VACCINATION
CENTER.
THIS IS ONE OF 17 HOSPITALS AND
HEALTH CENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN
SET UP ACROSS THE UK.
AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME,
VACCINATION HAS BEGUN.
WE’RE IN HERE BECAUSE THIS IS
EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IN THE U.S.
VERY SOON.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER
THAT’S BEEN CONVERTED -- IT’S
ACTUALLY TWO BASKETBALL COURTS.
JUST TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING BEHIND ME, PATIENTS ARE
COMING IN FROM THE ENTRANCE TO
MY RIGHT.
THERE WE SEE A NEW PATIENT EVERY
20 MINUTES OR SO.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE BACK OF THE
BASKETBALL COURT THERE, THERE
ARE VACCINATION CUBICLES WHERE
THEY WILL GO TO BE VACCINATED.
THEY’RE GIVEN A CARD THAT TELLS
THEM THEY HAVE HAD THE FIRST
DOSE AND WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE
THE SECOND DOSE AND THEN THE
CHAIRS ARE ARRANGED -- MOSTLY
EMPTY.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE GO TO SIT
TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HAD ANY
IMMEDIATE ADVERSE REACTIONS,
JUST TO CALM THEMSELVES A LITTLE
BIT BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
AND THEY LEAVE BY A SEPARATE
EXIT.
BECAUSE OF COURSE JUST BECAUSE
THE VACCINATIONS ARE HAPPENING
HERE, THEY’RE STILL HAVING TO
FOLLOW THOSE CRUCIAL SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND SANITIZING
PROCEDURES.
THERE ARE SANITIZERS ALL AROUND
HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS NO INFECTION HERE.
WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE, MIKA,
REALLY DOES HAVE SOME LESSONS
FOR THEM IN THE U.S. SO THEY
HAVE BROUGHT THAT PFIZER VACCINE
HERE DEFROSTED.
THEY DON’T HAVE THE VERY, VERY
COLD FREEZER HERE’S SO THEY HAVE
FIVE DAYS TO USE THE DOSES THAT
THEY HAVE HERE.
ANOTHER CRUCIAL POINT, THEY
ASKED US NOT TO SAY TOO MUCH
ABOUT WHERE THIS IS BECAUSE
THEY’RE WORRIED OF COURSE THAT
PEOPLE MAY DESCEND ON THIS PLACE
IF THEY KNOW.
I THINK THAT’S THE KIND OF THING
THAT THEY’LL BE WORRYING ABOUT
OVER THERE IN THE U.S.
WHAT WE’RE MOSTLY SEEING HERE,
NOT SO MUCH IN OTHER PLACES BUT
CERTAINLY HERE, HEALTH WORKERS.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT OF COURSE
FOR THE ELDERLY AND FRAIL TO GET
TO THE LOCATION LIKE THIS.
NOT FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT FOR
SOME OF THEM.
AND THERE ARE CHALLENGES HERE IN
THE UK ALREADY ABOUT TRYING TO
GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE OF THIS
DISTRIBUTION ISSUE TO LOCATIONS
WHERE THE ELDERLY ARE.
SO THIS IS -- THIS IS THE
CAPITAL OF WALES, IT IS A CITY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GOING
TO BE OTHER PLACES, RURAL AREAS,
REMOTE AREAS.
THE REAL CHALLENGE IS HOW DO YOU
GET THIS VACCINE TO THOSE
PLACES?
I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO SOME OF
THE HEALTH WORKERS HERE AND
THERE AND SAYING THEY’RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO WHEN THERE ARE MORE
VACCINES APPROVED BECAUSE THIS