THE take-up of coronavirus vaccinations in an East Lancashire local authority area is well over 90 per cent.
Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Cllr Mohammed Khan revealed a 94 per cent success rate for the immunisation programme in the borough. He also told senior councillors that fears that vaccine supplied might be diverted from Lancashire and the North-West to areas across England with a poorer performing inoculation programme had not affected the borough. Cllr Khan and health boss Cllr Damian Talbot were speaking at the council s Executive Board on Thursday night. Conservative group boss Cllr John Slater said: The leader was concerned about the vaccines being a shortage and not getting through to the borough, and I know that the Blackburn MP and the Darwen MPs have both worked hard to make sure that doesn t happen. Can you give me an update?
THE VACCINE prioritisation strategy is “deeply flawed” and has failed to take into account mortality risk by place - according to Blackburn s health boss. The JCVI has released the new prioritisation for phase two of the vaccine rollout, which is expected to begin in April, and will start with people aged 40 to 49 before moving on to younger age groups. Director of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen Council, Professor Dominic Harrison has claimed however that the strategy “effectively prioritises low risk areas” and privileges the south over the north . He said: “Under 50s JCVI prioritisation strategy is deeply flawed. “It has failed to take into account mortality risk by ‘place’.
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