Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz has called for the Government to commit to ensuring every adult Londoner receives at least one vaccination by July 19.
Mayor Fiaz will make the call when the Minister for Vaccinations visits Newham today to take part in a London Vaccine Summit. Newham has only 29% of its population vaccinated, half the national average of 60%.
Mayor Fiaz said:
“Newham has been one of the hardest hit boroughs in the UK and yet the Government has left us at the back of the queue for vaccines.
“Today when the Minister comes to Newham I will be demanding that he commits to providing the vaccines, NHS support and funds to make sure every Londoner has been vaccinated by 19 July.
“I am deeply concerned that only 29% of people in the borough are fully immunised, less than half the national average. We need another 260,000 doses to protect everyone in Newham, which would take another 18 London Stadium mass vaccination events similar to the one held last weekend.
“Everyone has a right to be vaccinated by 19 July and the Government has a responsibility to make them safe by vaccinating them.
“The people of Newham want to get vaccinated as we have seen from massive queues outside mass vaccination events. The Government’s own research shows that 94% of people have a positive view of vaccinations.
“Now is not the time for excuses, it is the time for action.”
Mayor Fiaz will be available for interview before the summit at Stratford
Key data/fact sheet
Newham has been hit hard by the Covid 19 with 790 people dying from Covid 19 and 36191 people have contacted Covid .
Yet Newham is at the back of the queue for Covid 19 immunisation.
Only 29% of Newham population is fully immunised, less than half the national average.
| Dose | UK average | Newham |
| First dose | 80% | 50% |
| Second dose | 60% | 29% |
Newham has an over 18 population of 267,066
An estimated
- 94,000Need a first dose
- 166,000Newham people need to their second dose
- 260,000 total doses
It will take 18 Olympic Park mass vaccination events to vaccinate the population of Newham
It will take at 3 millions vaccination to reach the governments own target
To government to meet its own target of a first dose to all adults by 19 July it will need to provide at least 1,865,258 vaccinations.
For the government to meet it won target of a second vaccination for all adults over July 19th meet will require another 1,129,000 vaccinations.
To perform 2,994,258 vaccinations in 24 days will require 124,760 vaccinations a day. That is filling London Olympic stadium twice over each day.
Now is not the time for excuses, it is the time for action.