Roughly 1.1 million people in private households in England had coronavirus between December 27 and January 2. London has the highest regional rate. Pictured: Percentage testing positive in London.
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Updated: 6 Jan 2021, 14:59
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HIGH street pharmacies WILL help with the Covid vaccine rollout, the vaccine minister insisted today, after chiefs said their offers of assistance were snubbed.
Minister Nadhim Zahawi insisted this morning that pharmacies would play a roll in the dishing out of the jabs - but was vague on when and how this would happen.
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High street pharmacies say they ve been spurned by the Government after offering to deliver a million Covid jabs every weekCredit: www.marcosullivan.ie
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Boots and Lloyds are among the stores that can deliver the jab safely, bosses sayCredit: Alamy
Pharamacy groups said last night they had offered to give a million Covid jabs a week - but say they ve been shunned by ministers, despite the race to vaccinate all adult Brits.
PHE will deliver Covid vaccines to hospitals seven days a week, minister says
Guidance had warned that organisation would not be working on Sundays to deliver vaccines even if supplies were running low
6 January 2021 • 8:33pm
A coronavirus jab is administered at an NHS vaccine centre set up in the grounds of Epsom racecourse in Surrey
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Public Health England (PHE) has agreed to distribute coronavirus vaccines to hospitals seven days a week, the Government has said, after trusts were initially told not to expect deliveries on Sundays.
Guidance issued to hospitals across the country had warned that PHE would not be working on Sundays to deliver vaccines even if supplies were running low, despite Boris Johnson s pledge to use every second to roll out jabs to the elderly and vulnerable as fast as possible.