It has been reported that there will soon be 'the capacity' to administer 54,000 vaccinations weekly across Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire.
This is according to Dave Hodgson, the Mayor of Bedford Borough.
He says that he has been "informed by local GPs" that "we will have the capacity" across the local area to deliver this high number of weekly vaccinations.
It comes as two new vaccination centres will be opening in Bedford this week, with the mass vaccination centre in Milton Keynes expected to open soon.
However, Bedford's Mayor says that the local area has not yet received enough doses of the vaccine. Dave Hodgson added: "GPs, nurses and volunteers are ready for these vaccinations to take place but we’ve not had the supply of vaccines we need due to what’s been described to me as a ‘lumpy’ supply issue.
"I’m told by our GPs that we can get everyone in Priority 1 to 4 vaccinated by 15 February but we do need that supply, we don’t need local residents to be let down.
"I’ve written to both the Prime Minister and the Minister for Vaccination Deployment to ask for our fair share of vaccines."
Currently, Milton Keynes University Hospital is administering the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to those over the age of 75, and several GP surgeries across the city are vaccinating those over the age of 70.
It was announced on Friday (29/1) that just over 9% of the local population across Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The total number of doses administered stood at 94,554 which was a large increase from the previous week's figure of 52,000.
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