General view from inside the crypt of Blackburn Cathedral, operating as a mass vaccination centre Lancashire is expected to have offered a first Covid vaccine to everyone over the age of 50 by mid March. That would mean the county had invited people in all nine of the government’s priority groups for a jab – including everyone over 16 with an underlying health condition – around a month ahead of the target time set by ministers. Details emerged at a meeting of Lancashire County Council’s internal scrutiny committee, where it was also revealed that Preston and Burnley are set to get their own mass Covid vaccination centres within weeks.