Vaccines for Covid-19 are being given across the UK, with more than 3.2 million people now given the jab against the deadly virus. Today Health Secretary Matt Hancock praised Britons for their part in combatting coronavirus, writing on Twitter: “Fantastic that over 3.2 million people have now been vaccinated across the UK, including almost 45 percent of over 80s and almost 40 percent of care home residents. THANK YOU to everyone playing your part in our national effort to stay at home as we accelerate the COVID vaccine roll-out.”
The NHS is currently undertaking the mass vaccination effort, with groups of people eligible to receive the vaccine in stages.
Currently, vaccines are being given to people aged 80 and over, people who live or work in care homes and health and social care workers at high risk.
Hospitals, pharmacies and local vaccination centres are offering the jab, with appointments arranged for those registered with a GP Surgery.
Those in line for the vaccine will be contacted by the NHS to arrange an appointment at a centre local to them.
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Coronavirus vaccine in numbers
The number of people in the UK to have been given a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine is 3,234,946 as of January 14, according to Government data published on Friday.
This is an increase of 316,694 from Thursday’s figures.
Some 114,567 first doses have been given in Northern Ireland, on top of the 2,769,164 in England, 126,375 in Wales and 224,840 in Scotland.
So far, 443,234 second doses have been administered in the UK, including:
- England – 420,510 doses
- Wales – 129 doses
- Northern Ireland – 19,264 doses
- Scotland – 3,331 doses
In Northern Ireland, there was a day-on-day rise of 11,866 first doses and 254 second doses.
The total number of jabs administered in the UK, including both first and second doses, is 3,678,180.
