"High Street Pharmacies to Offer Private Covid Vaccines for £45 in the UK"

Chemists in the UK will start offering Covid vaccines privately, with Brits able to buy them for as little as £45 within weeks. The move comes as part of a huge shake-up to the scheme, allowing high street pharmacies to sell the Novavax vaccine privately. This change is expected to increase accessibility and uptake of Covid vaccines, with experts calling for private sales since the threat of the virus began to fade. The move is seen as a way to ease pressures on the NHS and free up GPs to deal with more serious cases, although concerns remain over the spread of the virus and the capacity of pharmacies due to closures and staff shortages.