After the recent rollout of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine in the U.K., officials received numerous reports that cybercriminal are now targeting the elderly in a new COVID-19 phone scam.
According to The Sun, pensioner victims reported to receive automated voice call advising them that they have been selected to receive the Covid-19 jab. Then they were advised to arrange a booking by pressing a number, which would give them access to the old age pensioners' (OAPs) accounts.
These people are at risk and they are waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine, Walsh reminded them that they will not be receiving phone "calls from the NHS asking them to press a number" to make an appointment to receive the vaccine.
UK: First to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine
After regulators approved the Covid-19 vaccine Pfizer-Biontech on December 2, the UK immediately rolled it out on December 8. It became the first country to begin administering a vaccine since coronavirus broke out on later December in 2019.
Ninety-year-old Margaret Keenan was the first British to receive jab, which she regarded as the "best early birthday present" as she will celebrate her birthday next week, according to BBC.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock dubbed the vaccination roll out the "V-day" as it was a celebration of "scientific endeavour and human ingenuity" as well as the hard work of thousands of people.
It is expected that the NHS will administer up to four million vaccine doses until the end of 2020. "Today marks the start of the fightback against our common enemy, the coronavirus," Hancock noted.
Meanwhile, New York Times reported that around 2.9 million Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine doses will be initially shipped in the United States by next week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer's vaccine for emergency use on December 11.
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Written by CJ Robles
