Matt Hancock to address nation today
It means a quarter have had both jabs - a total of 13,201,811 people.The success of the vaccine rollout means it is the equivalent of 25.1 per cent of the adult population being protected against severe illness or death.
Wales is estimated to have given two doses to 27.8 per cent of adults, ahead of England , Scotland and Northern Ireland .It reflects the speedy pace at which the administering of second doses has been ramped up across the country during the past month. Just under 2.8 million second doses were recorded in the week to April 26 - the highest number for any seven-day period so far - with nearly 8.7 million since April 1.Most read in UK NewsWEDDING WOESGrief-stricken family mourn knife murder of second son in four yearsExclusiveSecond doses of Covid-19 vaccines must follow within 12 weeks of the first, meaning the millions of people who received their initial jab in February have recently had a follow-up dose, or are due to get the jab shortly.
People aged 80 and over were among the first groups on the priority list for vaccines, with initial doses offered from early December.Grant Shapps wants to ease restrictions on international travel 'very carefully' as 'beyond our shores we're seeing highest levels of coronavirus so far'
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