“The NHS has been instructed to prepare for mass Covid-19 vaccination of the public from December 1, in one of the biggest immunisation drives in British history. The plans will see up to 1,500 GP practices and drive-through centres ordered to open every day from 8am to 8pm, each dispensing at least 1,000 jabs a week – meaning there will be capacity for at least one million doses to be administered weekly. Health officials said on Tuesday that the NHS would be ready to deliver the jabs as quickly as they can be supplied, with medical and nursing students, and retired medics, being drafted in to help.” – Daily Telegraph
- German couple behind vaccine are immigrant success story – Daily Telegraph
- GPs in England will scale back care to deliver Covid vaccines – The Guardian
Explainers:
- Oxford v Pfizer: how costs and logistics could still see Oxford’s vaccine win out – Daily Telegraph
- How will Covid-19 vaccine be rolled out and who will get it first? – The Times
- What the vaccine means for the global economy – Daily Telegraph
>Yesterday:
Coronavirus 2) Headache for PM as dozens of Conservative MPs set up Covid Recovery Group to fight lockdowns
“Dozens of Conservative MPs have formed a new backbench group to fight the imposition of a third national lockdown at the beginning of next month, The Telegraph can disclose. Former Government Chief Whip Mark Harper and former Brexit Minister Steve Baker are the chairman and deputy chairman of the new Covid Recovery Group, which launches on Tuesday. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, has pledged that MPs will be given a vote on the next set of restrictions in England which will replace the national lockdown when it ends on Dec 2.” – Daily Telegraph
- Government ponders simplified regional lockdown system – Daily Telegraph
- Brits who test positive for Covid may get three-month ‘freedom pass’, suggests government advisor – The Sun
>Today:
- Liam Fox in Comment: How MPs can better hold Ministers to account over their handling of the Coronavirus