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Weekend Feature examined the enormity of the task in front of the NHS with the Covid-19 vaccination programme. As of January 21, only eight per cent of Cheshire and Merseyside residents had had their first dose of the jab with the inaugural inoculation coming on December 8 in our region. This week, it was revealed by NHS chiefs that, despite having a long way to go, it’s completed the first major hurdle in protecting Cheshire against coronavirus.
What has the NHS achieved? In short, it has offered a first dose to everyone in Cheshire who is in ‘group one’ of the government’s priority list ‘residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults’.
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EU leaders will meet next week to discuss plans for Covid vaccine passports which would allow people who have had the jabs to avoid travel restrictions and go on holiday - as UK ministers continue to flip-flop over the controversial policy.
The idea of introducing vaccination certifications has already been floated in Europe, with Greek ministers suggesting that EU countries adopt a standardised passport in order to promote travel.
Next Thursday Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will urge other European leaders to agree on coronavirus passports facilitating the freedom of movement of persons who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 .
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he is hugely concerned that only a tenth of vaccines across the UK have been distrubuted in the capital. He said he will meet the government about it today.