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First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

The UK has become the first country to give the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the public.

The UK has become the first country to give the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the public. Rebecca Brown is a fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and discusses how long it might take for life to return to something like normal. And Louis-James Davis of VST Enterprises, which has developed a digital health passport, makes the case for widespread use of such a technology. Also in the programme, as Boeing's 737 Max plane gets clearance from US authorities to carry passengers again after two deadly crashes, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Theo Leggett explores whether it will really be safe. Plus, the production of fertiliser is normally an energy-intensive industrial process. But the world's largest fertiliser producer, Yara of Norway, has said it plans to make its products without any fossil fuels, and we find out more from the company's chief executive, Svein Tore Holsether. And we get reaction to the move from Richard Young, policy director of the Sustainable Food Trust, which advocates chemical-free food production.

(Picture: Margaret Keenan receives her coronavirus vaccination. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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  • Tue 8 Dec 2020 15:32GMT