Around 350,000 people in the UK have now had the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine according to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Two doses of the vaccine are required and those who have been vaccinated this week will be ready to receive their second dose in early January.
The latest figure was revealed in the Downing Street press conference earlier today.
The vaccine started to be delivered on December 8th with 138,000 people vaccinated in the first week.
Dennis Pearce, 91, was the first person to receive the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine at Steam – Museum of the Great Western Railway earlier this week with more than 900 residents aged 80 and over, as well as some frontline health and care staff have now received their first dose at the temporary vaccination site.
