In full: Boris Johnson confirms key role for military in vaccine roll-out
Telegraph, 08 Jan 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding his latest Downing Street Covid press conference, appearing alongside NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and Brigadier Prosser.
Hundreds of six-man teams of medically qualified military personnel are to be placed on standby to assist the nationwide vaccine rollout, the Government will announce today.
The Ministry of Defence has prepared a "reserve" taskforce of 1,500 personnel who will be available to fill in at jab centres that require extra staff in the event their own vaccinators fall ill.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-lockdown-end-covid-vaccine-cases-deaths/
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Hundreds of six-man teams of medically qualified military personnel are to be placed on standby to assist the nationwide vaccine rollout, the Government will announce today.
The Ministry of Defence has prepared a "reserve" taskforce of 1,500 personnel who will be available to fill in at jab centres that require extra staff in the event their own vaccinators fall ill.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-lockdown-end-covid-vaccine-cases-deaths/
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