Covid vaccine could be ready for rollout next month, says Hancock
Matt Hancock has sounded a note of caution over the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine , stressing that “we’re not there yet” – but revealed he has asked the NHS to be ready for rollout as soon as next month. The UK health secretary indicated he anticipated a “mass rollout” would happen in the first part of next year if the vaccine was given the green light, although he said he had requested the NHS, supported by the armed forces, to be ready from the start of December. Priority for the vaccine will go to people in care homes, elderly people and social care staff. It will be delivered through care homes, GPs and pharmacists, as well as “go-to” centres set up in venues such as sports halls. “We will be working across the NHS with the support of the armed forces seven days a week, over weekends, over bank holidays, to get this rolled out into people’s arms as quickly as possible,” Hancock told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday. The vaccine would not be required for children and uptake wo...