110 care homes still awaiting jab

MORE than one hundred care homes in England have not been able to receive coronavirus vaccines because they have current outbreaks.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there are 110 care homes across England where the vaccine programme has not yet started due to outbreaks. On Monday, NHS England said elderly residents at more than 10,000 eligible care homes had been offered the jab, with the Prime Minister calling this a “crucial milestone”. Mr Hancock told the Commons: “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to reach so many care homes. I said in my statement that we have reached 10,307 care homes, that’s in England.

“There are 110 care homes where the vaccination programme is still outstanding because they’ve had outbreaks and, for clinical reasons, the vaccination programme can’t start there. But it will as soon as it’s clinically possible.”