On Saturday 28 November, Downing Street has announced that it had appointed Nadhim Zahawi, minister for Business and Industry, in charge of overseeing the deployment of the Covid-19 vaccine. No. 10 said the Stratford-on-Avon MP would take on the role until at least next summer.
Zahari will temporarily relinquish responsibility for most areas of his brief at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Under the interim arrangement, he will serve as a joint minister between BEIS and the Department for Health and Social Care.
Zahawi said he was delighted to be appointed to the role.
He tweeted, “A big responsibility and a big operational challenge but absolutely committed to making sure we can roll out vaccines quickly – saving lives and livelihoods and helping us build back better.”
