Vaccine supply in Lancashire will meet February 15 target for most vulnerable groups, Morecambe MP is assured

Morecambe MP David Morris has been assured that Lancashire will meet the mid-February target for Covid-19 vaccinations for the county's most vulnerable residents.
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After fears that Lancashire’s supply of vaccines was going to be diverted to other areas, Mr Morris asked the Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock to ensure that the county was receiving the correct proportions of the vaccine to deliver on the promise to vaccinate cohorts 1 to 4 by February 15.

The top four priority areas cover all residents and staff in care homes for older adults, the over 70s, all frontline health and social care workers and everyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable.

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Mr Morris said in Parliament: "There have been scare stories in Lancashire about vaccines being diverted to elsewhere in the country, causing a shortage and perpetuating further urban myths.

David Morris MP.David Morris MP.
David Morris MP.

"Will the Secretary of State assure me and the House that my constituents will be covered, that vaccines are not being redirected to other regions of the UK, and that Lancashire will continue to receive the required proportions in the future, safeguarding my constituents?"

Mr Hancock said: "Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that absolute assurance. Of course, the supply of vaccines is the rate-limiting step. We have seen the strain on vaccine supply from some of the things that have happened over the past week, and some weeks the supply is greater than in others.

"The website shows the daily move in the overall supply across the country as a whole. Lancashire will get its fair share and get enough to be able to deliver on the target of the offer to everybody in cohorts 1 to 4 by February 15.

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"I have looked closely specifically into the figures for the north west, and it is getting its fair share. I can give my hon. Friend the assurance that the reports circulating on the internet do not come from credible sources."