GPs are getting ready for a potential December Covid vaccine rollout

GPs have been told to prepare to potentially administer a Covid-19 vaccine by December.

UK doctors will receive a "directed enhanced service" (DES) from next week which gives instructions on how to carry out the procedure, according to medical magazine, Pulse. The publication says it has been told that the DES on a potential Covid vaccine rollout is "imminent, potentially by next week."

The Press Association reports that GPs are now on standby in case of a vaccine rollout in December. Frontline health workers and those aged 85 or over would be the first to receive the vaccine.

Before a vaccine can be administered, however, regulators must confirm it is safe and effective. It has been suggested that regulators could be getting clinical data within weeks.