England Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that, as of Sunday morning, three-quarters of all people over 80 in the UK have been vaccinated.
“(This) is absolutely brilliant progress,” he said, speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday.
“Similar number of care homes, around three quarters and in fact we’ve vaccinated more people in just the last three days than France has in the entire history of this disease.”
Mr Hancock said “we would like to have more information on the new variants” seen abroad, adding: “We’re working on those.”
“We’ve been learning about the virus all along haven’t we and one of the critical questions for instance right now is, after you’ve been vaccinated how much impact does that have on how much you might transmit the virus, as well as the impact on you in terms of serious disease and that’s one of the key questions that will impact on how quickly we can lift measures.
“We would like to have more information on the new variants that we’ve seen abroad, especially the two particular variants of concern that have emanated from South Africa and Brazil and we’re working on those, but we find out more all the time.”
