Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Half of all adults in the UK have now been vaccinated, Matt Hancock has said.
The Health Secretary tweeted on Saturday morning: "Yesterday we vaccinated more people than any day yet. I’m delighted to be able to say that we've now vaccinated HALF of all adults in the UK Flag of United Kingdom. "The vaccine is a national success story & our way out of this pandemic." He added: "When you get the call, get the jab." The government's aim is to vaccinate the whole adult population against Covid-19 by the end of July.
However, the next looming target is to have vaccinated the first nine priority groups by April 15. According to official data,