High street pharmacies will today begin rolling out Covid vaccines, as the virus death toll across the UK climbed above 100,000. A chemist in north London and Boots and Superdrug branches will be among the first six stores in England to begin administrating the jabs. By the end of the month more than 200 community chemists will be able to give vaccines, according to NHS England. It comes as the Government aims to hit its target of vaccinating.
LONDON BRIEFING: Primark Sees GBP1 Billion In Lost Sales From Lockdown
Thu, 14th Jan 2021 08:15
(Alliance News) - Christmas trading updates flooded out Thursday. For those allowed to trade, such as supermarket Tesco, sales were good. Much less so for those forced by virus restrictions to close, such as AB Foods Primark fast-fashion store chain and Whitbread s Premier Inn.
Tesco shares were down 1.8% early Thursday and AB Foods down 1.1%, but Whitbread was up 0.6%.
Here is what you need to know at the London market open:
MARKETS
Hang Seng: up 1.0% at 28,508.75
Nikkei 225: closed up 0.9% at 28,698.26
DJIA: closed down 8.22 points at 31,060.47
S&P 500: closed up 0.2% at 3,809.84
Holiday firms are reporting an explosion in grey pound bookings from Easter onwards as Britain s millions of over-50s plan multiple breaks away because of vaccine confidence and the likely scrapping of travel restrictions.
Tui, the UK s biggest package holiday company, said today that more than half of online bookings this week to places such as Greece and Spain has been in that age group and many want a fortnight away instead of the usual seven nights.
Coach group National Express, whose customers are almost all over-65, has seen a 185% increase in bookings for Spring and Summer 2021 compared to figures for 2020 with the Cotswolds, Isle of Wight, York and the Lake District the most popular destinations.
Boots and Superdrug start dishing out Covid vaccines as six high street pharmacies are recruited and No10 says it s on track to do 3m jabs a week but independent chemists fear UK will fail to hit target unless it uses many more, much sooner
MailOnline revealed this week Boots in Halifax and Superdrug branch in Guildford would join vaccine effort
Chains are among six high street pharmacies across England to be converted into Covid hubs this morning
Calls for ministers to go further and use England s 11,500 pharmacies to deliver round-the-clock vaccinations
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