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Matt Hancock tells MPs retest on Covid doses and delays in India will hit UK jabs

Health secretary says timetable will not change, but government expert warns infections may rise because of delay vaccinating the under-50s

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Matt Hancock has said there will be a significant dip in vaccine supply in April, confirming supplies had been hit by a need to retest 1.7m doses and a delay in arrival of imports from India.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Hancock stressed the overall target timetable for vaccinations will not change but said he wanted to give more information, following the “speculation we’ve seen overnight”, after he was criticised for a press conference on Wednesday where the drop in supply went unexplained.

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