The government is considering a 'jabs at work' plan to accelerate the vaccination of people under 50 starting in spring, it has been reported.
More than 11.4million people have now had the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, the latest figures show.
And according to the Sunday Telegraph, the government is confident it will have vaccinated everyone in the nine priority groups by May, or perhaps even earlier.
Attention will then turn to how to get the remaining adult population, around 30million people, vaccinated as quickly as possible and in what order.
According to the Telegraph, business groups, unions and other bodies have submitted 'bids' to the government for priority.
Those at the front of the queue are expected to include frontline emergency services, teachers, staff in homeless shelters, some local council staff such as social workers as well well as delivery drivers and supermarket workers, the newspaper reports.
Ministers are said to be discussing a 'jabs at work' plan that would speed up the process, it is claimed.
Meanwhile, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has been appearing on television this morning to discuss the rollout.
Nadhim Zahawi said annual vaccines or a "booster in the autumn" could be required to combat Covid-19 variants.
He said Boris Johnson's instructions are to roll out the jabs currently approved to help protect the most vulnerable people as quickly as possible.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "That's the immediate task. At the same time it's also planning for the future, which is why we've talked to all the manufacturers."
Mr Zahawi went on: "I was speaking to (deputy chief medical officer) Jonathan Van-Tam this morning.
"We see very much probably an annual or booster in the autumn and then an annual (jab), in the way we do with flu vaccinations where you look at what variant of virus is spreading around the world, rapidly produce a variant of vaccine and then begin to vaccinate and protect the nation."
Mr Zahawi, asked whether vaccines can be provided by other means beyond injection, told Times Radio: "There are technologies with pills and other being developed around the world and we will continue to look at those.
"But we're making sure the UK will always have the capability and capacity to manufacture the variant vaccines that will deal with any variant virus."
Asked about a slowdown for first jabs when second jabs are rolled out, Mr Zahawi said: "We've got the capacity to do first and second jabs. The limiting factor is the supply of vaccines."
