Nine in every 10 over 65s have had first Covid-19 vaccine in England

Latest NHS figures show that nine out of ten people aged 65 and over in England have now received their first coronavirus vaccine.

This announcement comes as the UK passed more than 20 million people receiving the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and nearly 800,000 of those receiving the second dose.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement on Twitter yesterday saying that it was a “huge national achievement” and heaping praise on the NHS staff, volunteers and armed forces for their work in the vaccine rollout.

The latest batch of invites inviting people to have the vaccination will start landing on doorsteps from this morning which will mean everyone in the first seven priority groups will have been offered a jab.

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS’s national medical director, said: “In just a few months, the NHS has made extraordinary progress in vaccinating more than 17 million people across the country and it is incredible that more than nine out of 10 people aged 65 and over have already received potentially life-saving protection.

“It is down to the hard work of NHS staff, volunteers and all the others supporting the vaccination programme, that we can now invite everyone aged 60 to 63 years old to arrange an appointment to get jabbed as soon as possible.

“It is never too late to take up the offer and I would urge anyone eligible who has yet to do so to come forward and protect yourself and others.”