More than 20 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine - part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.
In a race against a faster-spreading variant of the virus, ministers have pinned their hopes of easing a third national lockdown on protecting the most vulnerable groups by spring. How is the rollout going?
The UK vaccine programme has entered the second part of its first phase after everyone in the first four priority groups - those aged 70 and over, care home residents, healthcare workers and people required to shield - were offered a jab by mid-February.
The rollout is now being expanded to include those aged 60 and above and those with underlying health conditions. The rest of the over-50s will follow, with the government aiming to offer everyone in priority groups five to nine a jab by 15 April.
These groups account for 88% of deaths so far.
More than 20 million people so far have had a first vaccine dose - equivalent to more than one in three adults in the UK. Nearly 800,000 have had a second.
The number of first doses administered each day had been steadily climbing since December - reaching more than 400,000 a day mid-February.
However, the current seven-day average for first doses is about 358,000 doses a day.
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, acknowledged there were "supply fluctuations" for the vaccines and said it could take "a few months" for manufacturers to get into a steady routine for production.
The UK is doing well with the vaccinations, the refusal rate is low due to most UK citizens having the intelligence to realise the importance of being inoculated against a virus. Shame other countries have more stupid than intelligent.
rizlared: The UK is doing well with the vaccinations, the refusal rate is low due to most UK citizens having the intelligence to realise the importance of being inoculated against a virus. Shame other countries have more stupid than intelligent.
The UK is almost all for the vaccine, but not in the caring sections but these have been identified as ethnic minorities and one Welshman.
tomcatty: The UK is almost all for the vaccine, but not in the caring sections but these have been identified as ethnic minorities and one Welshman.
I wouldn't worry too much about this T.C. He'll have something to say about this now, saying we are all being controlled. Some people just love a cause celebre.
Tiger_Moth: I wouldn't worry too much about this T.C. He'll have something to say about this now, saying we are all being controlled. Some people just love a cause celebre.
Yes, i could have. I was asking the author. Tommy is Joe Biden’s compliment of island England. Both plagiarize everything. I have mistakenly failed to give credit at times too.
Many people have been vaccinated so we won't need a hall pass when we visit the bog. Or I should say that we shouldn't need a hall pass to visit the bog infantilised culture of greying baby or not.
galrads: Yes, i could have. I was asking the author. Tommy is Joe Biden’s compliment of island England. Both plagiarize everything. I have mistakenly failed to give credit at times too.
Thank you for likening me to Joe, a good man destined to make a good President.
galrads: Yes, i could have. I was asking the author. Tommy is Joe Biden’s compliment of island England. Both plagiarize everything. I have mistakenly failed to give credit at times too.
Think it MAY be done so that people read it rather than ignoring a link.
That's an islander for you Gal always extremely helpful
galrads: Maybe. it would be more helpful to validate the content and source by knowing the source of the content, Tiger.
Well I'm sure you know T.C well enough to know that he isn't a news correspondent so has to have copied and pasted the facts, so really not necessary to provide a link.
PeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands6,334 posts
well, it always can be worse, look at the Netherlands. They started vaccinationg only in the 2nd week of january, while the vaccines were here in december. They weren't prepared, wtf, they got months before to organize it all. I belive now about 10% of the population got it's first shot, a lower number got their 2nd shot. And in a lot of area's you'll have to wait til the end of March to make an appointment for the vaccination. Hope that people see that our government, that don't have the leadership anymore after a lot of scandals, will be voted away forever in 2 weeks. And especially our prime minister Mark Rutte.
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In a race against a faster-spreading variant of the virus, ministers have pinned their hopes of easing a third national lockdown on protecting the most vulnerable groups by spring.
How is the rollout going?
The UK vaccine programme has entered the second part of its first phase after everyone in the first four priority groups - those aged 70 and over, care home residents, healthcare workers and people required to shield - were offered a jab by mid-February.
The rollout is now being expanded to include those aged 60 and above and those with underlying health conditions. The rest of the over-50s will follow, with the government aiming to offer everyone in priority groups five to nine a jab by 15 April.
These groups account for 88% of deaths so far.
More than 20 million people so far have had a first vaccine dose - equivalent to more than one in three adults in the UK. Nearly 800,000 have had a second.
The number of first doses administered each day had been steadily climbing since December - reaching more than 400,000 a day mid-February.
However, the current seven-day average for first doses is about 358,000 doses a day.
Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, acknowledged there were "supply fluctuations" for the vaccines and said it could take "a few months" for manufacturers to get into a steady routine for production.