Therese Coffey visited the Gainsborough Vaccination Centre in Ipswich.
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Suffolk Coastal MP and cabinet minister Therese Coffey visited Covid vaccine centres in the Ipswich and Felixstowe areas on Friday as the government prepares to announce that it has met its first vaccination targets.
The government had set itself the target of offering a first jab to everyone over the age of 70 by Sunday, February 15, and this weekend cabinet ministers will be out around the country supporting centres as they near that target.
Work and Pensions Secretary Dr Coffey visited teams at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, Trinity Park and at the Grove Medical Centre in Felixstowe.
Another 14 vaccination sites are going live across Suffolk and north-east Essex from today
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The next wave of Covid jab sites go live today, with sources indicating the area s health service is confident of meeting the prime minister s target of vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid-February.
After the first sites went live in December, 14 more will open in Suffolk and north Essex from Monday ready for the next stage of the roll-out.
However, it is expected that appointments will not begin until mid-week onwards, as supplies arrive at each location.
A patient being vaccinated at the Two Rivers Medical Centre in Ipswich
Another 14 vaccination sites are going live across Suffolk and north-east Essex from today
- Credit: Charlotte Bond
The next wave of Covid jab sites go live today, with sources indicating the area s health service is confident of meeting the prime minister s target of vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid-February.
After the first sites went live in December, 14 more will open in Suffolk and north Essex from Monday ready for the next stage of the roll-out.
However, it is expected that appointments will not begin until mid-week onwards, as supplies arrive at each location.
A patient being vaccinated at the Two Rivers Medical Centre in Ipswich