Boots to start selling Covid vaccines privately... at almost £100 a pop! Huge ... trends now
Brits will be able to buy Covid jabs privately from Boots as early as next week.
Previously the jabs were only available on the NHS as part of the nation's pandemic response and winter preparations.
But in a huge shake-up to the scheme the high street chain will start selling single-dose Pfizer vaccines at 52 stores in England from April 1.
But if you want one you'll have to pay an eye-watering cost of £98.95.
Brits as young as 12 will be able to start booking their appointments later this week, MailOnline understands.
The high street chain will sell single-dose Pfizer vaccines at 50 stores in England, at an eye-watering cost of £98.95. Brits as young as 12 will be able to start booking their appointments later this week, MailOnline understands
Individual stores will release appointments this week to start from the beginning of April. MailOnline understands the price will allow Boots to cover the cost of the vaccine and other operational costs involved in delivering the service
Pfizer was one of the major winners of the pandemic. While lives and businesses crumbled amid lockdowns and disruptions to life during Covid, the New York-based firm became a household name
Experts have long called for Covid vaccines to be sold privately, ever since the immediate threat of the virus began to fade.
Pfizer was one of the major winners of the pandemic. While lives and businesses crumbled amid lockdowns and Covid disruption, the New York-based firm became a household name.
During the height of the pandemic, adults and certain groups of children in the UK were all eligible to get jabbed against the virus.
Officials were desperate for as many people as possible to take up the jabs to build-up a wall of immunity to keep Covid at bay and allow the country to end the series of paralysing lockdowns.
But the rollout has changed tack over the past few autumn and spring booster roll-outs.
Jabs that were once available to nearly everyone have been restricted to at-risk Brits, such as care home residents, over-65s and the frontline NHS workers who typically come into contact with them.
As such, millions of previously jabbed
