RE: Premium-Exclusive: Matt Han**** says vaccine will loosen Covid tiers before end of March 20215 Dec 2020 23:58
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[Matt Hanc,ock says vaccine will loosen Covid tiers before end of March 2021]
PART 3 - In an interview with The Telegraph on the 5th December 2020
He said: The majority of the vaccination [of the vulnerable] will be in January and February, and the scale of that depends on Pfizer's manufacturing facilities, MHRA's approval of AstraZeneca and AstraZeneca's manufacturing capabilities.The speed at which we vaccinate obviously is determined by how fast the manufacturer can produce it.
I've tasked the NHS with the simple mission of vaccinating as quickly as the manufacturers can produce.
He added: We'll keep watching what happens to the epidemic. But the more people you vaccinate, the more lives you save and the fewer people who die, the sooner you can lift the restrictions – it's as simple as that. People aged 80 and over, as well as care home workers, will be first to receive the jab – typically delivered by an injection in the shoulder – along with NHS workers who are at higher risk. Hospitals will begin inviting the over-80s in for a jab and work with care home providers to book their staff into vaccination clinics. All those vaccinated will need a booster jab 21 days later.
But there is still no guaranteed date for when care home residents will be vaccinated despite them being at the top of the priority list, with Mr Han**** saying there are significant challenges Logistical issues mean there are difficulties in getting the jab to residents, as the Pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at -70C before being thawed out and can only be moved four times within that cold chain before being used. Mark Harper, the chairman of the Coronavirus Recovery Group of around 70 Tory MPs which campaigns against tough lockdown restrictions without evidence of the economic and social damage they cause, said the Government should not wait until all age groups are vaccinated before releasing the restrictions. He told The Telegraph: As the vaccine is rolled out and the most vulnerable are protected, the Government should begin our national renewal by reducing the crippling restrictions on our economy and society. Given the enormous costs of these restrictions, both in terms of individual lives and livelihoods, the faster this can be done, safely, is crucial as we seek to repair our country's physical and economic health. If we have vaccinated those who are most vulnerable to Covid by then, why wait until Easter? An ally of Mr Harper said: If we wait until every 20 or 30-year-old has had a vaccine before we remove restrictions, our economy may well resemble a Soviet relic. Boris must channel his optimism into this country's next chapter as soon as possible.
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