{"id":42072,"date":"2020-12-03T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=42072"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T13:15:07","slug":"first-covid-19-vaccines-to-arrive-in-uk-within-hours-according-to-jonathan-van-tam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/first-covid-19-vaccines-to-arrive-in-uk-within-hours-according-to-jonathan-van-tam\/","title":{"rendered":"First COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in UK \u2018within hours\u2019 &#8211; Jonathan Van-Tam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The long-awaited moment has finally come as England\u2019s deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam has announced this morning that COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the UK \u2018within hours\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Evening Standard \u2018fifty hospitals across the country including seven in London were preparing to start vaccinating staff\u2019, with at least seven hospitals in the capital receiving the vaccination imminently.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world\u2019s first approved Covid-19 vaccine will be arriving in Britain \u201cwithin hours\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPRJvvUe8V\">https:\/\/t.co\/aPRJvvUe8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Standard News (@standardnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standardnews\/status\/1334451226881241088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in the last hour Sky News have reported a \u2018cyber espionage campaign targeted at companies vital to the distribution of COVID-19 has been detected\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to a research blog published by IBM hackers have tried to disrupt a variety of companies which have links to the vaccine distribution process.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, INTERPOL (The International Criminal Police Organization) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/en\/News-and-Events\/News\/2020\/INTERPOL-warns-of-organized-crime-threat-to-COVID-19-vaccines\">statement<\/a> warning \u2018criminal organizations are planning to infiltrate or disrupt supply chains\u2019 and \u2018criminal networks will also be targeting unsuspecting members of the public via fake websites and false cures\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The news of vaccine scams is just another to add to the list to the vast number of elaborate scams which have been detected over the Coronavirus period.<\/p>\n<p>A report by the technology company Verizon stated 85 percent of online scams now take place on other forms of media other than email as it is harder to detect a fraudulent scheme via text message.<\/p>\n<p>Although the UK has been the first country to give the thumbs up to the vaccine created by Pfizer and BioNTech, PM Boris Johnson warned of the \u2018immense logistical challenges\u2019 when trying to distribute it during these coming winter months.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pfizer vaccine | \u2018Don\u2019t get carried away with over optimism\u2019: UK PM Boris Johnson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FAfe4V3Zwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More COVID-19 content from Voice of London<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/covid-19-nhs-volunteer-90-first-person-to-receive-pfizer-vaccine-in-london\/\">Covid-19: NHS volunteer, 90, first person to receive Pfizer vaccine in London<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/covid-19-vaccine-allergy-sufferers-to-give-their-past-history-reactions-and-gps-getting-ready\/\">Covid-19 Vaccine: Allergy sufferers to give their past history reactions and GPs getting ready<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/covid-19-vaccine-canada-second-country-to-approve-pfizer-biontech\/\">Covid-19: Canada, second country to approve Pfizer&#8217;BioNTech\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"content-list-title\"><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Words by: Ella Webster | Subbing: Grace Staley<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited moment has finally come as England\u2019s deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam has announced this morning that COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the UK \u2018within hours\u2019. 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