Fri 11 June 2021:
British vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said that the country was on track to offer all those aged over 50 a second dose of a vaccine by June 21.
“We are on track for offering all over 50s who have had the first jab their second jab by the 21st,” Zahawi told the BBC on Friday.
Zahawi said there were “very high levels of uptake, in the 90 per cent,” but he appealed to those who had not had a first dose to come forward.
“Anyone who hasn’t had the jab, in that 5 or 6 per cent who didn’t have their jab, please come forward and have your first jab.
An estimated 85.8 per cent of people in this age group had received two doses of a vaccine by June 6.
Within this age group, 91.8 per cent of people aged 80 and over are now estimated to have received both doses, along with 97.4 per cent of people aged 70 to 79 and 90.8 per cent of people aged 60 to 69.
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