LONDON: People over 40 in the UK will be offered their first coronavirus vaccination by Easter on April 4 as a boost in supplies will allow rapid expansion of the inoculation programme, the Telegraph reported on Friday, citing a senior government source.
Vaccine stocks are expected to more than double, allowing the National Health Service to offer a million doses a day in coming weeks, the newspaper said. People over the age of 50 are expected to receive an invitation for a vaccine dose over the next week, around three weeks ahead of the government’s target, according to the report.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care said that the claim that over-40s would be offered vaccine shots by Easter is “incorrect”, when contacted by Reuters.“We intend to offer a first dose to all over-50s by mid-April and all adults by the end of July,” the spokeswoman said.