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The Prime Minister today hailed Yorkshire as “leading the way” in the effort to vaccinate the population and moved to assuage anxieties about the region’s vaccine supply being limited because of doses being diverted to other parts of the country.

Some 1,343,817 people across Yorkshire and the North East have now had at least one dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine according to figures released today (February 1).

Speaking at a visit to a vaccination centre at the Al-Hikmah centre in Batley, Boris Johnson said: “Yorkshire is doing an outstanding job, better than many other parts of the country in vaccinating people. It’s really leading the way.”

The Prime Minister dismissed concerns about vaccine supply to the region, despite confirmation last week that some of Yorkshire’s planned dosage over coming weeks would be rediverted to other areas of the country that had not vaccinated as many residents.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hails Yorkshire's "outstanding job" at vaccination effort during Batley visit as he urges caution over lockdown lifting