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Good evening, and welcome back to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing. Today I’m joined by Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, and Professor Steve Powis, Medical Director of NHS England. The start of our COVID-19 vaccination programme on Tuesday was the latest in a long line of firsts for the NHS. The NHS was the first health care system in the world to roll out the vaccines for other deadly diseases like TB, measles, mumps and rubella, and meningitis C. So I’m so proud we can now add COVID-19 to that list. Before updating you on vaccine deployment, I’d like to go through...

The NHS Test and Trace business plan sets out a strategy to increase the speed and reach of testing and tracing, working with local partnerships.

Friday, December 18 – 9am-6pm. People do not need to book and all members of the community aged 18 years and over are welcome to test at the Hub. The testing will be supported by trained volunteers and the lateral flow tests will allow residents to test themselves before the results are analysed on-site. The results are usually available within 30 minutes. One person who gets tested can win a £100 voucher every day during the programme. Discretionary financial support may be available if someone who does not qualify for the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme tests positive and...