When a Tory MP recently suggested on the party’s WhatsApp group that MPs ought to be one of the priority groups to receive the vaccine early on, they were met with derision from their colleagues – with several suggesting it would be a bad look. However, that message does not appear to hold much sway with Labour.
With limited does of the Pfizer vaccine in the country, they are currently eligible to those at the top of the priority list – care home residents, care workers, health workers and the over-80s. However, the Birmingham Mail reports that local MP Khalid Mahmood has managed to get the Coronavirus vaccine ahead of schedule.
The 59-year-old underwent a kidney transplant in 2014 and therefore has underlying health conditions that would – according to Government guidance – place him in priority group 4 which some predict would be in the Spring. Happily, Mahmood did not need to wait that long.
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