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UK health secretary considers putting Covid patients in hotels if clinically right for them
From CNN’s Martin Goillandeau in London
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks at a coronavirus news conference at 10 Downing Street on January 11, in London, England. Alastair Grant/WPA Pool/Getty Images
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday that authorities were considering putting Covid-19 patients in hotels as a “backup plan.”
It comes as the National Health Service (NHS) is facing intense pressure from a high number of Covid-19 cases.
“We are considering all the options, it isn t something that we re actively putting in place. But I would say that it would only ever happen if that was clinically right for any individual patient,” Hancock told BBC Breakfast.
How major European countries are progressing with their vaccine rollouts
From CNN s Tim Lister, Claudia Otto in Berlin, Antonia Mortensen in Milan, Saskya Vandoorne in Paris
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supplies arrive at the Pisa International Airport in Italy, on January 12. Enrico Mattia Del Punta/NurPhoto/Getty Images
The European Union kicked off its coronavirus vaccination campaign at the end of last month, and the number of people receiving shots is increasing, though some countries are faring better than others.
Here s where Italy, Germany and France stand:
Italy has so far vaccinated 791,734 people, according to the government s vaccine administration.
Germany has given shots to 688,782 people, according to the national agency for disease control and vaccination, the Robert Koch Institute.