THE Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said claims the North is having its share of Covid-19 vaccines cut due its successful roll out are "a myth".

Mr Hancock said the claims needed "putting to bed" during this afternoon's Covid-19 press briefing from Downing Street.

It came following claims in parts of Yorkshire and the North East of England in recent weeks that due the region's strong performance in rolling out the Covid-19 to the top four priority groups, the region was having its supply of vaccines cut and redirected to other parts of the country which have not performed as well.

Matt Hancock said: "I want to put to bed a myth that has been circulating online about the fair share of vaccine.

"The North is getting its fair share of the vaccine.

"We are making sure the vaccine goes to all areas of the country on a fair basis according to need.

"The North has done tremendously well in the roll out. 

"There is a bumpy vaccine supply for the whole country, there are days we do half a million vaccinations and days we do 200,000, this is to do with vaccine rollout on the whole.

"Our aim is to get the vaccine in and out as quickly as possible.

"We have to make sure it is shared fairly around the country."

Government ministers and the NHS have maintained that, despite claims otherwise, the Yorkshire and the North East region will continue to receive it's allocated share of vaccines available on a weekly basis.

Some weeks there a less doses available, so the number will go down, but the share of doses remains the same, they said.