UK health minister Hancock: Once vulnerable people are vaccinated, we will start to lift restrictions

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock was out with COVID-19 vaccine-related updates and said that up to 70 hospitals will start vaccinations today.

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• We start with the big hospitals, then we'll expand the number of centres that we have.
• There's an enormous amount of work still to do on the vaccination program.
• We've always expected the vast bulk of the vaccination program to be in the new year.
• We have a high degree of confidence in the delivery that will come next week.
• We think all vulnerable people will have been vaccinated by the spring.
• Once vulnerable people vaccinated, we will start to lift the restrictions.