Vaccines minister promises 24-hour jabs 'absolutely' by end of January

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The Government has promised 24-hour a day vaccinations by the end of January - but admitted the supply remained "lumpy". Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said round the clock jabs would be trialled in London hospitals "absolutely" by the end of the month.

He told Sky News: "We are going to pilot the 24-hour vaccination, the NHS is going to pilot that in hospitals in London and we will look at how we expand that." Pressed for when the pilots will start, he said: "By the end of January, absolutely." But he said 8am-8pm vaccination "works much more conveniently for those who are over 80 and then as you move down the age groups it becomes much more convenient for people to go late at night and in the early hours".

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