The three key targets the Welsh Government has set for the coronavirus vaccine rollout

All over 70s in Wales will get a dose of the coronavirus vaccine within 35 days under the plan

Everyone over 70 in Wales will have received a coronavirus vaccine within 35 days under a new set of targets set out by the Welsh Government.

The targets were revealed by Health Minister Vaughan Gething as he gave the Welsh Government's coronavirus briefing on Monday, January 11. Follow live updates from that here.

The new targets released by the Welsh Government has also said that everyone over 50 will have the jab by March 20 and all eligible adults will be offered a Covid vaccine by the autumn.

The three milestones set out in the plan are:

• By mid-February – all care home residents and staff; frontline health and social care staff; everyone over 70 and everyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable will have been offered vaccination. This is 740,350 people.

• By the spring (which is March 20)– vaccination will have been offered to all the other phase one priority groups. This is everyone over 50 and everyone who is at-risk because they have an underlying health condition. This is 924,900 people.

• By the autumn – vaccination will have been offered to all other eligible adults in Wales, in line with any guidance issued by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). This is 1,098,100 people.

In total, around 2.5m people throughout Wales could be offered coronavirus vaccines by September, depending on further advice from the JCVI.

The Welsh Government has stressed that the strategy depends on sufficient and regular supplies of the vaccines being delivered. It will be kept under review in line with supply of the vaccine and any further advice from the JCVI.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: “The Covid vaccines offer our best hope of a return to the normality we are looking forward to after such a difficult year, which has turned all our lives upside down.

“Delivering this vaccination programme to the people in Wales is a huge task but an enormous amount of work is going on to make it a success.

“We are making good progress with thousands more people being vaccinated every day.

“Over the coming week we will see the programme pick up further speed with more clinics opening and the first vaccines to be given by pharmacists.”

The Welsh Government had been widely criticised for a perceived lack of transparency around their Covid vaccine roll out plan. By contrast Scotland released a comprehensive plan on December 24.

The Welsh Government also announced:

• The number of mass vaccination centres will increase to 35 over the coming weeks, with at least one in each county. We started with seven, five weeks ago.

• Military support in the mass vaccination centres – there are 14 immunisers and 70 other personnel providing support.

• 100 GP practices providing clinics by the end of this week.

• The first pharmacies to provide the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will start vaccinating in North Wales in the next week.

• 14 mobile units, run by community nurses, which are taking the vaccine to care homes.

• Text message vaccination appointment reminders.

Dr Gillian Richardson, who leads the Covid vaccination programme in Wales, said: “This is the biggest vaccination programme Wales has ever seen and the NHS is working incredibly hard to get the vaccine to as many people as possible, safely and as quickly as we can.

“People will be invited to come and have a vaccination at a clinic close to their home or at one of the mass vaccination centres. I know everyone is really keen to get their jab but please wait until you are contacted for your turn.

“Vaccination will give us a path out of this pandemic but it will take us a little while to protect all the people in Wales who need it – this is why it’s so important everyone continues to take steps to protect themselves and their families from coronavirus.”

Data for the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Wales will be available every week day from today.

The daily release accounts for the total number of vaccines given until 10pm the previous day, which have been recorded on the Covid-19 Welsh Immunisation System. Actual figures will be higher due to ongoing data entry.

Data revealed last week that Wales is behind other UK nations in terms of the amount of people vaccinated.