VACCINES will be offered to all Brits aged 18 and over within a matter of weeks, it has been revealed.
Although more than 39.4 million people have now received their first dose – equating to 74.9 per cent of adults – there is concern about how the Indian variant can still spread among people until they have their second jab.
As a result, the next few weeks will see a massive second vaccine rollout across the UK in a bid to give as many people covid protection as possible.
While that takes place, a secondary rollout to extend the vaccine to all Brits aged 18 will be launched to speed up protection against the Indian strain.
It comes as the UK reported zero deaths linked to Covid-19 for the first day since summer last year.
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