COVID vaccine deliveries to UK are on observe, sufficient to satisfy goal, minister says

Deliveries of COVID vaccines to Britain are on observe and ample to satisfy the federal government’s vaccination targets, Well being Secretary Matt Hancock mentioned on Wednesday though he declined to offer figures on provides.

“It’s being delivered on observe, in accordance with the availability schedules, however the actual numbers per day and per week do transfer round as a result of every batch must be examined and has to go these rigorous security checks,” Hancock mentioned on BBC radio.

“In order that’s why the dedication we’ve made is over quite a lot of weeks as a result of we’ll, we’ll get this, the availability and the system, more and more clean, over time.

“Now we have sufficient within the provide chain coming by means of to have the ability to ship towards that concentrate on,” he added, referring to a authorities purpose to supply a vaccine to all individuals over 70, extraordinarily weak individuals and well being care staff by Feb. 15.