Local MP, Robert Largan, has welcomed the Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan—the biggest vaccination programme in British history—that sets ambitious targets as the Government continues to ramp up the national vaccine rollout.

Already in the High Peak 31,332 people have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine. That is 33.8 per cent of the local population, and 43.4 per cent of the local adult population. With the programme averaging more than 2.5 million doses a week, the Government is aiming to have offered every adult a vaccine by the end of July.

The United Kingdom is leading the way with its vaccination programme. So far, more than 18.6 million people have received a vaccine—equivalent to 1 in 3 adults. This is the third-highest take-up per capita, behind only the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Indeed, only two countries have administered more doses than the United Kingdom: China and the USA.

Everyone in the top four priority groups has now been offered a vaccine, as invitations are now being sent to those in priority groups 5 to 9. The latest figures now show that two-thirds of those aged 65 to 69 have now been vaccinated.

Robert has also welcomed the Government’s roadmap to take cautious and irreversible steps out of lockdown, which will be guided by the data and not dates.

Robert Largan, MP for the High Peak said:

“The NHS vaccination programme—the biggest in our country’s history—has been a fantastic success, and showcases the very best of public and private collaboration across the entire United Kingdom.

“This is an amazing achievement, and I want to thank everyone who has been working so hard to deliver the vaccine programme locally. From the doctors and nurses, to the GP practice managers and volunteers. Everyone is playing a vital role and helping to save lives.

“We are defeating this virus by the hundreds of thousands of jabs going into people’s arms every day, giving us hope as we look to a route back to normality.

“We will get through this!”