The full list of 25 locations where healthcare workers will be vaccinated from January 18 has been published by the national network of health boards (GGD).

Three locations in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Hart van Brabant will begin vaccinating from January 11, with the other 22 joining a week later. The Netherlands is the only nation in the European Union that has yet to start its coronavirus vaccination programme.

Healthcare workers will be able to call the GGD call centre to make an appointment from January 4.

The second round of vaccinations will begin for most staff from February 1, with the expectation that all healthcare workers will have received their two injections by March 1.It will take another seven days for the vaccine to protect them against infection.