EVERY frontline worker and care home resident in Bury will have been offered a vaccination by this Sunday (January 24).

And through the Vaccines Delivery Plan, around 19,000 doses will have been administered in Bury by the end of this week.

James Daly MP for Bury North has welcomed the Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan – the biggest vaccination programme in British history – that has set a number of ambitious targets as the government continues to ramp up its vaccine rollout.

Mr Daly said: “The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in our country’s history, has got off to a fantastic start thanks to the hard work of all of those involved.

“I would particularly like to thank Bury Council staff, Bury CCG and the fantastic NHS staff and volunteers who are driving this forward.

“It’s great to see that so many people in our area have received the vaccine as we lead the world in our fight back against coronavirus.

“I look forward to getting my vaccine over the coming months – and I urge everyone to do the same when they get the call up”.

In total, more than 5m doses have been administered to over 4.6m people across the United Kingdom.

In Greater Manchester, 187,947 vaccinations have been administered, as part of plans to vaccinate the top 4 priority groups by mid-February. In the North West, 487,397 people have received a vaccine, with 547,214 doses administered in total across the area.

So far, more than 5m vaccinations have been administered to 4.6m people – the fourth highest per capita, behind only Bahrain, the UAE and Israel. In addition, only two countries have administered more doses than the United Kingdom – China and the USA.

The Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan sets out how it aims to administer 2m doses of vaccines by the end of January, as well as offering vaccines to every elderly care home resident by the end of the month. So far, more than half of those over 80s and care home residents have received a vaccine.

On top of this, the Government is opening up new vaccination sites every day to ensure everyone is within 10 miles of a vaccination centre.

In Bury there are now have five centres at Ramsbottom Civic Hall, the Elizabethan Suite in Bury, in Prestwich at the Walk-in Centre, Fairfax Road, in Radcliffe at the Bealey Intermediate Care Facility, Dumers Lane and at Fairfield Hospital.