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Labour: ‘Get care workers vaccinated against Covid within next fortnight’

ALL care home workers ought to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next two weeks, industry leaders urged today.

And Labour joined the call as Boris Johnson reported that “virtually all” elderly care home residents had received their first coronavirus vaccine or been given an appointment for it.

The Prime Minister claimed he was “confident that we have the supplies” to ensure that people would receive their second jab within the government’s 12-week timetable.

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