Manchester's homeless vaccination drive moves to new phase after finding success with more than 100 people getting jabs
direct to your inboxA vaccination programme to protect homeless people from Covid-19 in Manchester will move into a new phase after a successful start.Urban Village Medical Practice in Ancoats has been working with the city council to give jabs to more than 100 people living in council accommodation.The scheme will now be extended to cover those in temporary accommodation and day centres after the first few sessions saw 81 people who are homeless receive the vaccination.Manchester council says it was ‘essential’ that homeless people are given the same care as the wider population.