direct to your inbox Every elderly care home resident will be offered coronavirus vaccine by the end of this month, the Prime Minister has announced.
Boris Johnson announced the welcome news during a Downing Street press conference on Thursday (January 7).He also said that by next Friday, January 15, the roll-out of the vaccine would be ramped up, as he promised 'hundreds of thousands of jabs a day'.Mr Johnson said: "It is thanks to the arrival of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which can be stored at room temperature, that we can accelerate the pace of vaccination in care homes."We're using that vaccine in care homes for the first time today and by the end of the month we hope to have offered every elderly care home resident a vaccine."Mr.