The Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed to 50 hospitals in the UK in the coming days, after the first batch arrived there.
800-thousand dose of the Pfizer and Bio-n-Tech jab are expected to be delivered by next week.
But Dr Anthony Fauci, the White House's chief immunologist, has accused the UK of rushing the vaccine's approval.
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