Ministers have ordered plans to be drawn up for a fresh crackdown at Britain’s borders to stop new variants of the coronavirus undermining the vaccination effort.Officials have been told to prepare
Officials have been told to set up quarantine hotels for those arriving in Britain and to use GPS and facial-recognition technology to check that people are staying in isolation. Civil servants are considering emulating schemes in New Zealand. In Australia travellers are forced into self isolation for 14-24 days with travellers charged between £1,500 and £2,500.
The moves come as ministers grow increasingly optimistic that they will hit their target of vaccinating the 14 million most vulnerable people with at least one dose by February 15.
It has also led to senior Government figures telling the Sunday Telegraph every adult in Britain will be vaccinated by the end of June, senior government figures hope, as they grow increasingly optimistic they will be able to accelerate the roll-out.
The new COVID-19 vaccination site at the Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A new COVID-19 vaccination centre, one of the largest in the country, will open in Boston next week, and
The Lincolnite went for a look inside.
The centre is based at the Princess Royal Sports Arena on Great Fen Road, and will be operational as of Monday, January 18.
It will be helping to deliver the national coronavirus vaccine rollout, offering vaccinations to vulnerable people in key priority groups.
A look inside Boston’s new COVID-19 vaccine site. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite