GPs will start booking vaccination appointments within days with more than a million more doses set to arrive in Britain next week.
The elderly and care home workers will receive letters to receive their jab at surgeries from next week after hospitals started the historic vaccination programme this week.
Details of the next stage of the staggered rollout emerged as Prof Chris Whitty said social distancing restrictions could start being lifted once 20 million vulnerable Brits have been vaccinated.
The comments made by England’s Chief Medical Officer in evidence before MPs offered hope of a return to normality before Spring.
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