ALL BRITS over the age of 18 could have the Covid Vaccine “by the end of June” with plans for five million people to receive jabs every week.
Senior Government figures are optimistic that all adults in the UK could receive the jab in time for summer.
All Brits over the age of 18 could have the Covid Vaccine “by the end of June”Credit: AP:Associated Press
Whitehall sources believe the target can realistically be met as they plan to vaccinate five million people a week within month.
‘DELIVERY, DELIVERY, DELIVERY’
A source told The Daily Telegraph: “All over-18s by June – yes.”
They added: “It is delivery, delivery, delivery.”
And the chief executive of Britain’s new £158 million Government vaccine factory in Oxfordshire has also said it will be able to give jabs to the whole population within four months when it opens in full by the end of the year.
It comes as more Brits have now had at least one coronavirus vaccination than have tested positive for the bug since the start of the pandemic.
A total of 3,559,179 people have received their first jab as of Friday – 201,818 more than the total number of Covid cases in the UK.
A total of 3,559,179 people have received their first jab as of FridayCredit: AP:Associated Press
More than 13m of the nation’s most vulnerable should be vaccinated within six weeks, the Government has vowed
A whopping 324,233 jabs were given yesterday alone – the highest number in a 24-hour period so far.
And over 32million over-50s could be vaccinated by the end of March under new Government plants to ramp up the jab roll-out, it has been reported.
The Government is said to be preparing to more than double the pace of the current programme next week to up to half a million jabs a day.
Ministers believe they will be able to hit Boris Johnson’s target of vaccinating the 15million most vulnerable by February 15.
A staggering 46,000 Sun readers have already joined our Jabs Army to beat the coronavirus once and for all by signing up as steward volunteers at NHS vaccination hubs across the UK.
The stewards form a key part of the Covid-19 vaccination team by making sure the centres run smoothly and safely.
