Every British adult will be able to get vaccinated within weeks – as country records ZERO Covid deaths for the first time in 447 days giving further hope the jabs are working despite 30 percent rise in cases
Ministers are preparing to offer vaccines to all over-18s within weeks to help halt the spread of Indian variant
The zero death toll is the first since the depth of summer 2020, when the virus had all but vanished in the UK
It marks a milestone for Britain but fears are growing that the Indian variant will spark a third wave in weeks
Professor Tim Spector, who runs the Covid Symptom Study, said it isn t unstoppable and vaccines work
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi set a deadline for the first time
Around 5million people aged over 50 are waiting for their second dose
The NHS will need to vaccinate 225,000 of them every day to meet the target
But new analysis shows NHS is on track to get second doses out by deadline
Jabs were handed out at a rate of 400,000 a day most days last week