by Merryn Johns, Katy Hall, Tiffany Bakker, Nadia Salemme 17th May 2021 5:48 AM
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Subscriber only Britain has passed the milestone of vaccinating 20 million adults with two doses of the coronavirus jab, just a day before a raft of restrictions are lifted across most of the country. According to government statistics, 20,103,658 million have now received their full two vaccine doses - 38.2 per cent of the adult population. Still more have received a first dose - 36,573,354, or 69.4 per cent of the adult population - with a total of 56,677,012 million vaccines administered since the start of the UK s campaign on December 8. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the vaccine program had made extraordinary strides in reaching the 20-million mark.
by Merryn Johns, Katy Hall, Tiffany Bakker, Nadia Salemme 17th May 2021 5:48 AM
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Subscriber only Britain has passed the milestone of vaccinating 20 million adults with two doses of the coronavirus jab, just a day before a raft of restrictions are lifted across most of the country. According to government statistics, 20,103,658 million have now received their full two vaccine doses - 38.2 per cent of the adult population. Still more have received a first dose - 36,573,354, or 69.4 per cent of the adult population - with a total of 56,677,012 million vaccines administered since the start of the UK s campaign on December 8. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the vaccine program had made extraordinary strides in reaching the 20-million mark.
UK scrambles over doubling of Indian Covid variant cases
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Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 01:24 PM IST
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Accelerated vaccinations, surge testing and possible local restrictions are all in the mix after infections of the variant rose from 520 last week to 1,313 this week, officials said.
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England remains on track for the latest easing of its coronavirus lockdown next week but is taking no chances after a doubling of cases of an Indian variant, the government said Friday.
Accelerated vaccinations, surge testing and possible local restrictions are all in the mix after infections of the variant rose from 520 last week to 1,313 this week, officials said.