Health
More than half of UK population has now had first Covid vaccine jab – Yorkshire Live
‘In under five months, frontline NHS staff in trusts and primary care and volunteers have done an incredible job’
More than half of the UKs total population has received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, figures show.
NHS England data up to April 23 shows that of the 38,189,536 total doses given in England so far, 28,102,852 were first doses a rise of 107,656 on the previous day.
It means the UK first dose total so far is now 33,496,293, with more recent figures still to be reported by Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK population is estimated to be 66,796,807, so the latest figures show that…
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