THE SPRING OFFENSIVE

AFTER the plan to inoculate the 15 million most vulnerable people by February 15, the UK’s vaccination programme will target the remaining groups who are most at risk of dying from the virus.

NHS bosses hope this second cohort of more than 16 million people will receive the jab by Easter. If so, it will mean that between 90 and 99 per cent of those at risk of dying from Covid-19 will have been protected. The rest of the population – those under 50 – will then be vaccinated.

Those in the second cohort who will receive the jab during the Spring Offensive are:

● All people aged 65 and over (3.4 million)

● All individuals aged 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality

● Everyone aged 60 and over (3.7 million)

● Anybody aged 55 years and over (4.3 million)

● All aged 50 years and over (4.7 million)

...AND YOU CAN EVEN GET IT AT MORRISONS

Up to 50 Morrisons supermarket car parks could host vaccination sites. Jabs will be available at stores in Wakefield, West Yorkshire; Yeovil, Somerset; and Winsford, Cheshire, from tomorrow. The car parks of another 47 stores have also been made available. In addition, about 200 community pharmacies in England will be offering jabs this week.