All adults aged 50 and over will have had a coronavirus vaccine by May under Government plans.
The Cabinet Office said the UK’s vaccination programme planned to have reached all nine priority cohorts by May – which it said gave the Government confidence to commit to holding local elections that month.
Previously the Government has declined to give a firm date, saying only that all over-50s would likely receive their first dose of a vaccine by the spring.
The Government’s vaccines delivery plan states: “The Government’s top priority is to ensure that everyone in cohorts 1-4 is offered the opportunity to receive their first dose of vaccination against Covid-19 by February 15.
“It will likely take until spring to offer the first dose of vaccination to the JCVI priority groups 1-9, with estimated cover of around 27 million people in England and 32 million people across the UK.”
