“This country has achieved an extraordinary feat – administering a total of 15 million jabs into the arms of some of the most vulnerable people in the country.”
He added: “In England, I can now tell you we have now offered jabs to everyone in the first four priority groups, the people most likely to be severely ill with coronavirus, hitting the first target we set ourselves.”
He also warned “we’ve still got a long way to go and there will undoubtedly be bumps in the road,” but that “after all we’ve achieved, I know we can go forward with great confidence.”
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: “15,000,000! Amazing team We will not rest till we offer the vaccine to the whole of phase1 the 1-9 categories of the most vulnerable & all over 50s by end April and then all adults.”
