The national front pages are lit up with the promise of a new jab to protect Britons against coronavirus.
The Sun quotes Chancellor Rishi Sunak as saying Britain is facing a “brighter future” with regulators on the brink of approving the Oxford-developed vaccine.
Tomorrow’s front page: Oxford coronavirus vaccine hailed as ‘winning formula’ with 15million people ‘to be immune by March’ https://t.co/GbhnF2VKs4 pic.twitter.com/y5QHsb28wd
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 27, 2020
There is a “volunteer army” of more than 10,000 ready to distribute the jab when it is approved, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Monday’s TELEGRAPH: Volunteer army ready to distribute Covid vaccine #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uFUgF6aeco
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) December 27, 2020
Hundreds of “pop-up GP-led centres” are on the way of part of the “huge vaccination drive”, ministers are cited as saying in the Daily Mail.
Monday’s MAIL: A jab in your village hall #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/p0wOYEJTHy
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) December 27, 2020
The Daily Express says the development means “We’ll be free by February”, while the Daily Mirror calls it “a shot at freedom”.
Tomorrow’s #frontpage – WE’LL BE FREE BY FEBRUARY#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/dsrgYm7Ceg
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) December 27, 2020
Monday’s front page: A shot at freedom.#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/rFXtLLTsZx pic.twitter.com/696I2toz7f
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 27, 2020
Senior doctors are quoted in The Times as saying hospital coronavirus cases are surging towards a new high and could soon overwhelm the NHS.
Hospital cases of Covid surge toward new high#TomorrowsPapersToday @MsHelicat pic.twitter.com/9wcmnHlTcQ
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) December 27, 2020
The Independent says an NHS England report shows hospitals were left short by almost 4,000 nurses during the first wave of the pandemic.
Monday’s INDEPENDENT: Errors that led to Covid nursing crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0kHtp6OPo0
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) December 27, 2020
The country’s top psychiatrist has told The Guardian Covid-19 poses the greatest threat to mental health since the Second World War.
Guardian front page, Monday 28 December 2020: Covid’s impact on mental health will last years, royal college warns pic.twitter.com/AppikKtMri
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 27, 2020
And the Daily Star refers to the wet weather which has caused flooding throughout large parts of England as a “winter washout”.
Tomorrow’s #frontpage – SWAMPED: 100mph Storm Bella leaves Britain under floodwater#tomorrowspaperstoday
Read more: https://t.co/Ih6ICYe6OL pic.twitter.com/Ks0rDUfaMb
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 27, 2020