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Fears shaky vaccine supply could stop Greater Manchester hitting February target

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direct to your inboxNerves are growing within the Greater Manchester system about whether the current stop-start rate of vaccine supply will be sufficient to hit government targets by mid-February.Some areas are understood to have received barely half as many doses this week as they have capacity to deliver, while across the board there is worry about the last-minute nature of their arrival from the national distribution system - meaning local health officials and GPs are struggling to plan and staff appointments.Andy Burnham said the system’s ‘biggest concern’ was now ensuring sufficient supply to get all priority groups vaccinated in the next month, while one Salford MP warned there is currently ‘little notice, sometimes none at all’ of.

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