Dame Joan Collins "rushed" to have her coronavirus vaccine

She said: "I got the call from the Bloomsbury hub, which is from the physician … and they said if I came in tomorrow, and they told me this on Friday, they had a certain amount of the vaccine.

"They only had a certain amount, I don’t know why that is, I don’t know the ins and outs of how the distribution is going but of course, I rushed there as soon as possible...

"I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that everybody is doing what they are supposed to do. Israel has got practically three quarters of their population vaccinated already.

"So, I do feel if everybody registers as soon as they can with their local GP, they will be called. I know it’s probably a lot more difficult if you live on the outskirts. I happen to live in central London, so I was very lucky and very privileged.”

The former 'Dallas' star reassured people that there is "nothing to worry about" with the vaccine and she experienced no side effects at all.

Speaking on 'Good Morning Britain', she said: "I really wanted to get it. I just wanted to tell anybody who is worried about it there is nothing to worry about. It was the easiest thing. It was just like a little scratch, there was no pain at all. I had no after effects. I went home and had a drink, even. If you are advised by your GP to go, please go.”

Joan hopes the vaccination rate picks up over the next few weeks as she's worried lockdown restrictions are no longer proving as effective in the fight against the virus.

She said: “The only way we are going to get over this pandemic is for everybody to vaccinate as soon as they possibly can.

"Because honestly this lockdown thing, for me it’s a bit like a crash diet. You go on a crash diet, you lose all the weight, and then you go back to normal, you start eating and you put all the weight on again.

"I have a feeling, I’m not an expert, but I just feel that these stringent lockdowns are not doing what they should do. So as far as I’m concerned everybody go and get the vaccines, a million and a half people had already had it before I did.”