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Coronavirus vaccine given to 500,000 in 2 weeks despite pledge of 'millions by year's end'

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Around 500,000 people have had the coronavirus vaccine despite the Health Secretary saying he expected millions to get the jab by Christmas.

Boris Johnson said today at a No 10 press conference that more than half-a-million people in the UK have had the first dose of the two-part vaccinate.

This equates to around 38,000 people a day since the vaccine was rolled out but means it is unlikely that Matt Hancock will hit his target with just days to go before Christmas.

British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first patient in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab on December 8 following its clinical approval.

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BSE Sensex, rattled into dropping 3% on Monday by the UK’s detection of a highly infectious strain of coronavirus, regained some of its nerve on Tuesday, rising about 1%. The session saw a couple of big swings, and it was not until midday that India’s main stock index began looking up.
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COVID-19
United States
United States
Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
India
India
Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
Brazil
Brazil
Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
Russia
Russia
Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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