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Mass vaccination centres to open in England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55612270

NHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.

The government is aiming to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, healthcare workers and those required to shield - by mid-February.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out the government's vaccine delivery plan* at a press conference later.

The government will also publish its first daily figures which will reveal how many people have been given the vaccine.

The vaccine plan will be unveiled after the UK recorded more than 80,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Some 600,000 invites were due to be sent out over the weekend and this coming week to people aged 80 or older who live up to a 45-minute drive from one of the new regional centres.

The new sites, which NHS England said were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible, are:
  • Millennium Point, Birmingham
  • Ashton Gate, Bristol
  • ExCel Centre, London
  • Manchester Tennis and Football Centre
  • Centre for Life, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Robertson House, Stevenage
  • Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey

However, some vulnerable people have questioned why they have been asked to travel to centres miles away from their homes during a pandemic.

The NHS said people would not miss out on their vaccination if they do not use the letters to make an appointment at one of the centres, adding that local jabs would become available to people if they waited.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-55614993

Hancock leading briefing

17:16

Hancock: The health secretary says he wants the UK to get back to normal as fast as possible.

"I want us to have that Great British summer. And my team and I are working hard to deliver this as fast as possible."

Matt Hancock goes on to outline the government's vaccine delivery plan - saying it is the biggest vaccination programme in British history..
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Originally Posted by Omah ->
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-55614993

Hancock leading briefing

17:16

No details on the BBC website.
The Sun has lots:

Matt Hancock unveils vaccine plan to escape lockdown

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politi...ess-confrence/
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The NHS said people would not miss out on their vaccination if they do not use the letters to make an appointment ...
Make an appointment? I thought we were supposed to sit tight.

"Wait to be contacted" https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...virus-vaccine/
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Re: Mass vaccination centres to open in England

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Mass vaccination centres to open in England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55612270

The new sites, which NHS England said were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible, are:
Millennium Point, Birmingham
Ashton Gate, Bristol
ExCel Centre, London
Manchester Tennis and Football Centre
Centre for Life, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Robertson House, Stevenage
Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey
Nothing in Yorkshire, I see.

Yorkshire? What's that?
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Re: Mass vaccination centres to open in England

England plans 50 mass Covid vaccination centres by January 31 to jab 2million a week

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...-mass-23299051

Today's 47-page Covid-19 vaccine "delivery plan" pledges to increase that number to 50 in England by the end of January. The centres will be based in football stadiums, conference centres, hotels, theatres and similar venues and be accessed by a national booking system. The locations of the other 43 mass centres haven't yet been revealed, and nor have exact dates when they'll be set up.

There will also be 206 hospital hubs and 1,200 local vaccine sites, including GPs and some - but not all - community pharmacies. Today's plan pledges to give "at least" 2million people per week a dose of vaccine by January 31. It also promises that every adult in the UK "can be vaccinated by the Autumn". People in the top four priority groups - over-70s, shielders, NHS and care frontline staff, and elderly care home residents and their carers - have been promised a first dose by February 15.

The plan says there are 15million people in the first four priority groups in the UK. There are 17million in the next five priority groups, including all over-50s, and then 21million adults in the rest of the UK population who will be in "phase two". In total there are 53million UK adults who will be offered a vaccine.

Today's plan says currently 96% of people in England are within 10 miles of a vaccination centre. This will rise to everyone by the end of January - but for some people it will include a "mobile" vaccination service.
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