All adults in UK to be offered Covid-19 vaccine by July 31, Boris Johnson pledges

All adults in the UK should be offered a coronavirus vaccine by the end of July, the Prime Minister has pledged.
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Boris Johnson said the accelerated vaccine rollout would help protect the most vulnerable sooner and enable the easing of some restrictions.

Adults aged 50 and over – as well as those with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk – will be offered a vaccine by April 15 under the plans.

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By July 31, all adults should have been offered a jab – though the order of priority for those under 50 has yet to be outlined by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

All adults in the UK are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine by July 31 under the Prime Minister’s accelerated plan.All adults in the UK are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine by July 31 under the Prime Minister’s accelerated plan.
All adults in the UK are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine by July 31 under the Prime Minister’s accelerated plan.

The new targets will be seen as a sign of increasing confidence within the Government that the vaccine supply will remain steady over the coming months.

Downing Street said the JCVI would publish its priority list for the second phase of the vaccine programme in due course, amid calls for teachers and other frontline workers to be prioritised.

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The Government met its ambition to offer jabs to all those in the top four priority groups – adults aged 70 and over, frontline health and social care workers and the most clinically vulnerable – by February 15.

Mass vaccinations are ongoing at the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East.Mass vaccinations are ongoing at the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East.
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More than 16.8 million people have now received their first dose of a vaccine at one of the 1,500 vaccination sites across the country, and almost 600,000 have received their second.

The accelerated rollout will fuel calls for coronavirus restrictions to be eased sooner, but Mr Johnson insisted the route out of lockdown would be “cautious and phased.”

The Prime Minister will spend the weekend finalising his road map for relaxing the stringent measures before announcing the plans to MPs on Monday.

Adults aged 50 and over – as well as those with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk – will be offered a vaccine by April 15.Adults aged 50 and over – as well as those with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk – will be offered a vaccine by April 15.
Adults aged 50 and over – as well as those with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk – will be offered a vaccine by April 15.
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He said: “Hitting 15 million vaccinations was a significant milestone – but there will be no let up, and I want to see the rollout go further and faster in the coming weeks.

“We will now aim to offer a jab to every adult by the end of July, helping us protect the most vulnerable sooner, and take further steps to ease some of the restrictions in place.

“But there should be no doubt – the route out of lockdown will be cautious and phased, as we all continue to protect ourselves and those around us.”

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