Covid vaccine: How many people in the UK have been vaccinated so far?

Almost 41 million people in ทดลองเล่นสล็อตฟรีไม่ต้องฝาก the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine – part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.

With the aim of offering vaccines to as many adults as possible by summer, the government says the continued success of the vaccine programme is one of the four conditions needed for further easing of restrictions.

The rollout has expanded after the UK government hit its target of offering a first jab to everyone in the top priority groups – all those over the age of 50, plus those in high-risk categories – before 15 April. These groups account for 99% of coronavirus deaths so far.

The government plans to vaccinate the rest of the adult population in age order, another 21 million people, by the end of July.

The delivery of second doses to over 50s in England has been accelerated in response to the emergence of the Indian variant of the virus.

So far, almost 41 million people have had a first vaccine dose – more than 75% of the adult population – and more than 28 million have had a second.

The number of first doses administered each day is now averaging more than 155,000 – a drop from an average of about 500,000 in mid-March – as the schedule of second doses kicks in.

An average of more than 355,000 second doses are now being given a day.

The UK has four vaccines approved for use: Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca, Moderna and Janssen; three of which require two doses for maximum protection.

The campaign to reach as many people as quickly as possible was boosted by a shift in policy in early January – to prioritise the first dose of a vaccine, with a second dose up to 12 weeks later, a bigger gap than originally planned.