Boris Johnson has used this afternoons Downing Street press briefing to confirm that 1 in 4 adults in England, have received at least their first Covid-19 vaccination however there are still around 2million people, twice the population of Birmingham, who are yet to come forward for their jab.
The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to say that the importance of hitting the target for vaccinating everyone in the top four priority groups by the middle of February was “not just to hit a target but to save lives.”
There are currently 13.9million people in England in the top four groups and the latest figures show just over 13 million people have now had at least their first dose.
Mr Johnson also confirmed that “if we can keep the supply up” everyone in the JCVI categories 1-9 will be invited to receive their vaccine before the end of April.
