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Covid vaccine: All over-50s and high risk groups offered first dose – BBC News
Ministers meet a target of inviting the top nine priority groups to receive the vaccine by 15 April.
All over-50s and those in high-risk groups in the UK have now been offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government has announced.
It means ministers have met their target of offering a first dose to the top nine priority groups by 15 April.
The government said it was on track to offer a first dose to all adults by the end of July, with those in their late 40s expected to be next in England.
More than 32 million people in the UK have had their first dose.
And on Saturday a record…
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