The Health Secretary has promised that every adult will be ‘offered’ a coronavirus vaccine by autumn.
Matt Hancock said people over 18 would be ‘offered’ – but did not say ‘given’ – a Covid-19 jab by that deadline, though he did not clarify when exactly he meant after the summer.
But Mr Hancock told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show that the vaccine roll out was now ‘accelerating’ and around 2 million people had been given a jab.
As the vaccine rollout gathers pace, more than half a million over-80s are due to receive invites this week to sign up to receive a jab.
The first 130,000 invites were due to arrive over the weekend, as the Government strives to meet its ambitious target of offering inoculations to almost 14 million vulnerable people in the UK by mid-February.
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