What the papers say – December 3
The UK becoming the first country in the world to approve a jab against Covid-19 dominates the nation’s papers.
The vaccine’s approval leads the Daily Mirror and The Sun, with the Metro dubbing the occasion “V-Day”.
Tomorrow's front page: On its way https://t.co/9bZN1xDS4v #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/N4SpkVc0oW
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 2, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: The UK takes the first steps to victory over Covid-19 as we beat the world to get a vaccine https://t.co/OckRsVnfTy pic.twitter.com/139BQ0rebw
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 2, 2020
Thursday's front page:V-DAY!#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/1ooQi5uvxk
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) December 2, 2020
The Times and Daily Star report the elderly will be first in line to receive the jabs.
First vaccine jabs for NHS staff and elderly patients#tomorrowspaperstoday@MsHelicat pic.twitter.com/CIoN03IMJ4
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) December 2, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: Form an elderly queue #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/RlKVMwtBRy pic.twitter.com/W33Ek9OiS9
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 2, 2020
The vaccine rollout will commence next week, according to The Guardian, i and Financial Times.
Guardian front page, Thursday 3 December 2020: Vaccinations next week as PM caught in Brexit row pic.twitter.com/7Z352KaER3
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 2, 2020
Thursday's i: Vaccines to start on Tuesday in the UK #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/ly1JfDIRDO
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) December 2, 2020
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 3 December https://t.co/7MVwgp0mSz pic.twitter.com/zi31K9p9tm
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 2, 2020
The Daily Mail calls the news a “shot in the arm for Britain”, while the Daily Telegraph leads with Boris Johnson’s comments that the vaccine will allow Britons to “reclaim our lives”.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/BX1Se9Uu4P
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 2, 2020
Tomorrow’s Telegraph front page: “Now we can reclaim our lives”#TomorrowsPapersToday
Read here: https://t.co/JgTTkJLaiD pic.twitter.com/0qANRC72XC
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 2, 2020
Meanwhile, the Daily Express reports on European health chiefs criticising the speed of the vaccine’s approval.
Thursday's EXPRESS: We've done it! But guess who's having a dig at us #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/eCfbCvac1Q
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) December 2, 2020