UK has administered 15 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccine, minister says
From CNN’s Mia Alberti
A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine in St Albans, England, on February 8. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
The United Kingdom has administered 15 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the minister in charge of the program, Nadhim Zahawi, tweeted Sunday. We will not rest till we offer the vaccine to the whole of phase 1, Zahawi wrote, referring to priority groups set out by the government.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it a significant milestone and an extraordinary feat. In England I can now tell you we have now offered jabs to everyone in the first four priority groups, the people most likely to be severely ill from Coronavirus, hitting the first target we set ourselves, Johnson wrote.
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By snowmobile, boat and plane: Alaska leads in the race to vaccinate America against Covid-19
Nearly 14 per cent of Alaskans had received a jab by February 4 compared to around eight per cent in New York and California
5 February 2021 • 1:30pm
The vast state with a tiny population is surging ahead of states which have not had to contend with the same huge distances or freezing temperatures
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Alaska has emerged as the unlikely leader in America s state jab race as snowmobiles, boats and planes allow vaccination teams to overcome sparse settlements, vast distances and forbidding weather.
The vast state with a tiny population has quickly taken the lead in the nationwide shot delivery stakes, surging ahead of states which have not had to contend with the same huge distances or freezing temperatures.