England hits 50 MILLION Covid vaccine milestone as over-32s invited for jab

MORE than 50million people in England have now had a Covid jab in a major milestone for the country’s vaccination roll-out.

The achievement was announced by Matt Hancock on the same day as anyone over the age of 32 was invited in for an inoculation.

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More than 70 per cent of the UK’s adult population has now received at least one dose of a Covid jab, while 40 per cent have received two, officials said earlier this week.

The Health Secretary said: “Today over 50 million Covid-19 vaccines have been delivered in England.

“One of the biggest and most important national efforts in our history.

“Thank you to the whole team who have made this happen.”

The UK is in a race to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of July.

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