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Health secretary Matt Hancock urges public to help support vaccination programme

However, infections were down, with 41,346 new cases, compared to 55,761 on Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the “fantastic national effort” in a tweet last night. He said: “We’ve given over 3.5 million vaccine doses with over 324,000 doses yesterday alone.  “Thank you to everyone who is helping in this fantastic national effort. Help our NHS by staying at home to save lives.” Prince William has spearheaded efforts this weekend to urge ­people in vulnerable groups to get their jab. He also spoke of the pride he has in his grandparents, the Queen and Prince Philip,�...

THE NHS Covid vaccination programme is stepping up in York as the city prepares to extend its vaccination site at Askham Bar. It will reopen from tomorrow (January 18) as one of the first NHS Vaccination Centres, offering additional vaccinations to people from across the region. Since December 2020 residents within the City of York have been invited by their GP practice to have their vaccination at the the Askham Bar site, which was formerly the Park & Ride. The new extension to the vaccination centre, which will give vaccinations to people within a 45 minute drive, will operate i...

Covid vaccine UK: 10 new mass vaccination sites to open - including one in Essex It is Essex's first mass vaccination site A patient receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at an NHS vaccine centre (Image: Joe Giddens - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ...

More than half of over-80s have had Covid jabs according to Matt Hancock despite Dominic Raab's hints that all adults may not be vaccinated before September.  The Health Secretary made the announcement on Twitter the morning after saying the UK is 'nearly on the home strait' out of the pandemic.  He said: 'I'm delighted that over half of all over-80s have been vaccinated.  'Each jab brings us one step closer to normal. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.' It comes after NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens said the NHS in England is vaccinating at a rate of '140 jabs a minute'.