Britain Launches Largest Ever Vaccination Program
The British government Monday launched an ambitious coronavirus
vaccination plan, with the goal of having 15 million citizens inoculated
by the middle of next month.
In a statement, the health department said the plan is to have 2,700 vaccination sites around the country, with one located within 16 kilometers of every person in Britain by the end of January. Health officials say rural areas will be served by mobile vaccination units.
The health department said officials hope to be able to deliver at
least 2 million vaccinations per week by the end of the month, with all
residents and staff in more than 10,000 care homes across Britain having
access to the shot. The plan calls for 206 active hospital sites, as
well as 1,200 local vaccination sites — including primary care networks,
community pharmacy sites and mobile teams.
The health department said by the end of this month there will also
be 50 mass vaccination centers around Britain. Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, speaking with reporters at a newly opened center in Bristol,
described the situation as "a race against time."
"We can all see the threat that our NHS (National Health Service)
faces, the pressure it's under, the demand in intensive care units, the
pressure on ventilated beds, even the shortage of oxygen in some
places," he said.
Johnson said 2.4 million COVID-19 shots had been administered in
Britain and that about 40% of 80-year-olds there had been vaccinated,
along with around a quarter of elderly residents in care homes. COVID-19
is the illness caused by the coronavirus.
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