{"id":114524,"date":"2021-02-21T14:21:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T06:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=114524"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T06:21:54","slug":"covid-19-britain-to-offer-all-adults-a-vaccine-by-end-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=114524","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Britain to offer all adults a vaccine by end of July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So far, the UK has given a first dose of vaccine to 17.2 million people

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LONDON, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All adults in Britain will be offered a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ahead of a planned announcement on the cautious reopening of the economy from lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson will set out a roadmap to ease England’s third national lockdown on Monday, having met a target to vaccinate 15 million Britons from higher-risk categories by mid-February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain now aims to give a first dose to all over-50s by Apr 15, the government said, having previously indicated it wished them to receive the shot by May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If all adults receive a dose by the end of July, it will be well ahead of a previous target that they would receive a vaccine by autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After suffering the world’s fifth-worst official COVID-19 death toll and a series of mishaps in its pandemic response, Johnson’s government moved faster than much of the West to secure vaccine supplies, giving it a head start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson cautioned that there was a need to avoid complacency, adding that lockdown would only be lifted slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We will now aim to offer a jab to every adult by the end of July, helping us the most vulnerable sooner, and take further steps to ease some of the restrictions in place,” Johnson said in a statement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But there should be no doubt – the route out of lockdown will be cautious and phased, as we all continue to protect ourselves and those around us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the United Kingdom has given a first dose of vaccine to 17.2 million people, more than a quarter of its 67 million population and behind only Israel and the United Arab Emirates in vaccines per head of population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two vaccines – one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, and another developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca – are being rolled out, and UK officials have advised that there can be a 12 week gap between doses. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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