Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out the latest on the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the UK and the Government's vaccines delivery plan at a Downing Street press conference on Monday afternoon.
The Health Secretary today said the NHS has made “fantastic strides” with the vaccine rollout.
He added: “From today, the full scale of our plans will be published, so the public can be assured of the time, effort and resources that have gone and will go into ensuring we protect the British people from the scourge of this virus.”
Thousands more people are expected to be given a vaccine soon, with the opening of seven mass vaccination sites across England on Monday.
The new centres – including at a football stadium and a tennis club – will be joined later this week by hundreds more GP-led and hospital services along with the first pharmacy-led pilot sites, taking the total to around 1,200, NHS England said.
The locations – Ashton Gate in Bristol, Epsom racecourse in Surrey, the Excel Centre where London’s Nightingale hospital is based, Newcastle’s Centre for Life, the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre, Robertson House in Stevenage and Birmingham’s Millennium Point – will offer jabs to people aged 80 and above, along with health and care staff.
Mr Hancock will visit one of the new centres on Monday.
The exact timing of the press conference has not been confirmed although they are usually held at 5pm.
