News that people have been invited to travel to Manchester comes amid fresh criticism of vaccination programme

People in Coventry are being invited to travel more than 100 miles for their first Covid-19 jab, prompting politicians and GPs in the city to criticise the government’s national programme of vaccinations.

Residents aged over 80 received letters over the weekend saying they could travel to Manchester to get the jab, despite government policy that patients should not have to drive more than 45 minutes to a centre.

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