UK PM Johnson might take COVID jab on TV, but won't jump queue-press secretary

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID-19 jab on television
to show it is safe but he would not have one before those in
greater need, his press secretary said on Wednesday.

Asked if the prime minister would take a jab live on
television, Allegra Stratton said she had not asked him directly
but that: "I don't think it would be something he would rule
out."

"But I think we also know that he wouldn't want to take a
jab that should be for someone who is extremely vulnerable,
clinically vulnerable and who should be getting it before him,"
she added.

Johnson's spokesman also said it was a matter for Buckingham
Palace whether 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth received a
vaccination. A Palace spokesman declined to comment on whether
the queen would get a jab, saying the medical matters of the
royals were traditionally kept private.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden)