Seven centers will open on Monday as the British government accelerates efforts to deal with the sudden onset of the virus.
The British government will open seven major vaccination centers on Monday as part of efforts to accelerate the spread of COVID-19 uptake that the government wants to deliver to vulnerable people by the middle of next month.
The country, the first to approve vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca, currently vaccinates about 200,000 people a day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday.
Around 1.3 million people had received the first dose of the two-dose vaccine as of January 3, according to government data, but the UK needs to include two million people each week to meet its target of vaccination of those in care homes, the over – 70s, those who are clinically vulnerable with pre – existing conditions and health and social care workers by 15 February.
Britain pushes its hopes on a quick vaccination to allow life to begin to return to normal in the spring of the northern hemisphere, even as they face a growing pandemic quickly.
In addition to the seven major centers, Britain is also turning to 1,000 clinics, 223 hospitals, and 200 community pharmacies to deliver the vaccines, Vaccine Practice Minister Nadhim Zahawi said in a statement. The armed forces will also be used to support the National Health Service.
100-year-old Ellen Prosser, known as Nell, will receive the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a care home in London. The UK wants all care home residents, over the age of 70, vulnerable people, and health and care workers to be vaccinated by mid-February [Kirsty O’Connor/Pool Photo via AP Photo]
“Working together, day and night, they make sure our vaccines get into your arms rather than sitting on the shelves,” said Zahawi. “UK forces use techniques that have come from decades of experience of doing things in some of the most difficult imaginable situations. They will bring the bravery and brilliance they have shown in places like Iraq and Afghanistan to those shores. “
Health Secretary Matt Hancock will outline his COVID-19 vaccination plan – the largest vaccination program in British history – later Monday.
“The UK vaccine delivery plan will be a stepping stone to getting us out of the pandemic, but we must all continue to play our part by staying at home, following the rules and holding hands, face, place at the very top of our minds when we are out and about, ”he said in a statement.
Approximately 81,567 people in the UK have died from COVID-19, the fifth highest official death tax in the world. More than three million people have tested positive for coronavirus.
The centers include the 4,000-bed ‘Nightingale’ field hospital set up in the ExCel exhibition center in east London, the Epsom racecourse west of the capital and a planting center. in Manchester.
An ambulance outside NHS Nightingale hospital at the ExCel center in east London, which will also be a vaccination hub [Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP]