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Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North - Daily Mail

Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North - Daily Mail

Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North - Daily Mail
Jan 22, 2021 2 mins, 27 secs

Boris Johnson's vaccine strategy was mired in confusion today amid claims that supplies to areas that have been the quickest to inoculate the most vulnerable will be diverted to slower areas to allow them to catch up.

Britain's Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi this morning denied reports  that jabs are being diverted from the fasted parts of the North to areas lagging behind in the over-80s rollout, in order to even out a postcode lottery.

Yorkshire and the North East are leading the race after getting first doses to 64 per cent of over-80s, followed by the North West at 60 per cent and South West at 57 per cent. .

The Health Service Journal  reported that ministers would divert vaccine supplies from areas leading the race to regions lagging behind.

The publication reported that GPs in both the North East and Yorkshire would only receive half of their usual vaccine supply - around 100,000 instead of 200,000. .

Asked to comment on the report today, the No10 spokesman said: 'We will continue to ensure that all areas and regions of the UK receive the vaccine to ensure we can protect the most vulnerable in society.

'I would point to what Matt Hancock said yesterday where he said we have got to make sure vaccination is fair across the UK and some parts of the country, including parts of the North East and Yorkshire, have gone fast early on.

'He also said why we're putting more vaccine into areas that haven't made as much progress, so everyone in the top four groups can receive the offer of a vaccine by February 15.

'But it remains the case that areas of the UK will continue to receive doses of the vaccine.'       .

'Yorkshire's allocation this week is 13 per cent,' he tweeted.

It came after Health Secretary Matt Hancock this week admitted supplies of the only two approved jabs were being prioritised to areas lagging behind in the roll-out. .

Official figures reveal that across England 56 per cent of all over-80s have received their first does of the coronavirus vaccine?

But London is lagging behind with 48 per cent - or 150,000 - of its elderly residents vaccinated, alongside the East of England at 51 per cent and the South East at 55 per cent.

England has steamed ahead of Northern Ireland - where 44 per cent of over-80s have got their first dose, Wales, at 24 per cent, and Scotland trailing at 13 per cent.

Mr Hancock said this week that vaccine supplies would be diverted to areas struggling to keep pace with the operation.

The 10 areas most advanced in their rollout have managed to immunise 71 per cent of their over-80s already, with Gloucestershire the highest at 85 per cent

The scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) said vaccine hesitancy and the decision not to offer jabs to under-18s would only bring the UK's R value - the rate at which the virus spreads - to 1.3, meaning the virus would continue to spread

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