Coronavirus jabs will be diverted to areas falling behind on vaccinating the over-80s amid concerns about regional disparities in the programme.
Matt Hancock, the health secretary, said that stocks would be prioritised for areas with a large number of unprotected over-80s, despite a promise yesterday to let GPs begin vaccinating younger patients.
More than four million people across Britain have received a first dose of the vaccine after 1.8 million were reached in the seven days to Sunday.
However, Britain’s most senior police officer today said she was “baffled” that frontline officers were not being prioritised.
Dame Cressida Dick, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said that police officers were being placed towards the front of the queue in other countries and “I want my