Health
Pledge to offer Covid vaccine to all care home staff by end of January has been missed, minister admits – The Independent
Helen Whately also unable to say when visits will restart – with no plan to fast-track second jabs for elderly residents
A pledge to offer the vaccine to all care home staff by the end of January has been missed, a government minister has admitted.
Helen Whately hailed the milestone of making jabs available to all older residents in more than 10,000 homes, but for a small number where visits were impossible because of Covid-19 outbreaks.
But, under questioning, the care minister, admitted the target to offer jabs to all staff in those homes as well had not been achieved.
It will take a little more time, I think, to…
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