Boris Johnson wants to open 50 major vaccination centers across the country within weeks to help beat his target of offering vaccines to nearly 14 million people by the middle of next month.
There are already around 700 vaccination sites across the country, with seven national centers opening this week to make efforts to bring turbo to millions of people and pull the UK out of a vicious circle. stop of locks.
The hubs will be based in sports centers, conference centers and a science park in Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Stevenage, Bristol, Surrey and Newham in central London. They are operated by NHS staff and volunteers.
But it is understood the Prime Minister wants more of the major centers across England, where capacity can be increased to tens of thousands a week.
Boris Johnson wants to open 50 major vaccination centers across the country within weeks to help meet his target of offering vaccines to nearly 14 million people by the middle of next month
The meg-hubs will be based in sports centers, conference centers and a science park in Newcastle (pictured), Manchester, Birmingham, Stevenage, Bristol, Surrey and Newham in central London.
It is understood the Prime Minister wants more of the major centers across England, where capacity can be increased to tens of thousands per week
So far 1.5 million in priority groups has got one of the jobs, and to achieve the target of 13.9 million people in priority groups by mid – February there must be at least two million vaccines every week.
It is reported that at least 43 other hubs are being planned for areas with large numbers.
A source told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘By mid-February there will be 50 [of them]. ‘
It is a minimum requirement for a public vaccine center to manage 1,000 weekly doses, some of which will be some of the largest in the UK.
The extension of the inoculation program is being handled by Nadhim Zahawi MP, who recently made Mr Johnson minister for Covid-19 vaccine use.
But the Times has said much of the planning for the release was already done before the former businessman was hired for the job.
The extension of the inoculation program is being handled by Nadhim Zahawi MP, who recently made Mr Johnson minister for Covid-19 vaccine use
Mr Zahawi ‘s resignation has been hailed by some as a redundant post to accept backbench calls for a’ minister for vaccines’.
One person involved in the release said: ‘I don’t think the success of the vaccination program will depend on Nadhim Zahawi. ‘
Downing St had been concerned about the relatively slow pace of vaccinations across the country, with NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens saying he was keeping ministers at ‘arm’s length’ from the spread.
Leading government sources feared wisdom in spreading out, saying the delivery of vaccines to the NHS had been ‘bumpy’.
One commented: ‘This is a biological fertilizer. It was always going to be lumpy. You will receive a delivery and they say “we have been delayed, can we do the batch in a week”. And then the MHRA has to conduct investigations. ‘
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own Covid vaccine programs. Scotland will have enough Covid vaccines by the end of this month to vaccinate their four main priority groups, sources said.
There are still fears that the government could be putting too much emphasis on what can realistically be delivered, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock this morning saying that all adults in the country will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine before the harvest .
More than 600,000 people aged 80 and over will start receiving invitations this week to get the coronavirus shot at new large-scale vaccination centers around England.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said officials were ‘on track’ to reach the 13.5 million target by mid-February.
The vaccination campaign comes as Britain sees a sharp rise in infections and the highest number of COVID-19 patients in hospital, with many experts warning that the situation is worse than before. when the country entered its first lockout last spring.
Office for National Statistics figures last week estimated that 1 in 50 people in England had the virus.
Today Britain suffered 563 coronavirus deaths – the third fatal Sunday in the pandemic. Diseases were recorded at 54,940, the thirteenth day in a row where the number was over 50,000.
Mr Hancock said more than 200,000 people are vaccinated in England every day, and that by the autumn, the entire adult population should be offered an injection.
‘We have over 350 million doses on order – not all of them are here yet. We are releasing them as soon as they are delivered, ‘he told Andrew Marr’s presentation.
“But we have enough to offer the vaccine to everyone over the age of 18 before the harvest. ‘
Tracy Nicholls, chief executive of Paramedics College, said members have reported that ambulances have been left outside hospitals waiting up to nine hours, unable to take patients to emergency rooms.
‘This year has seen tremendous pressure because of the clinical presentation of the patients that our members are seeing. They are sicker, ‘she said.
‘We are seeing delays in the movement of ambulances at a scale we have never seen before. ‘
England entered the third national lockout at the beginning of January, which closed all non-essential shops, schools, colleges and universities for at least six weeks.
The ModRAna vaccine was approved by MHRA regulators this week, making it the third to be licensed for use after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.
Tests suggest that Moderna 94.5 percent injection is effective in preventing symptoms and that it works in the elderly.
The government said yesterday it had increased its order from 10 million doses to 17 million. Each person needs two pictures.
But while batches of the other two are already being sent out to vaccination centers, the Moderna injection will not be available until late autumn, after waiting for test data before promising.
The United States and the European Union are at the forefront of the queue for the picture.