The UK is on course to have vaccinated the 14million most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by mid-February confirmed Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier today.
“We’ve now vaccinated around a third of all of the over 80s, so (we are making) very, very good progress,” he said.
Speaking to the BBC Mr Hancock also said that “over the last week we’ve vaccinated more people than in the entirety of December, so we’re accelerating the roll-out.”
A total of 2 million people have now received the first dose of either the Pfizer of AstraZeneca vaccine with around 200,000 being vaccinated on a daily basis.
This number is expected to increase this week with the opening of seven mass vaccination centres and the rollout of the vaccine to many GP and local pharmacies around the UK.
