Twenty-four hour vaccination sites will be piloted in London before the end of January, the vaccines minister has said.
Speaking to Sky News, Nadhim Zahawi said the NHS will be “targeting forensically who we want to protect” to ensure the most vulnerable people can be vaccinated first.
He said that as there is “limited supply” of the vaccine, “it needs to get into the arms of the most vulnerable” such as those who are elderly or clinically extremely vulnerable.
While the current 8am to 8pm vaccination times work better for the over-80s, some areas of the UK have managed to give out first jabs to the majority of this age group.
In Darlington, all care home residents have been vaccinated already, the minister said.
Asked whether it is “achievable” to have all adults given their first dose of the vaccine by September – as was pledged by the foreign secretary on Sunday – Mr Zahawi said it was.