UK: 75% Of Adults Received One Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

26 million people have received 2 doses

In the UK, three quarters of adults have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

39.5 million people have had one inoculation, with just over 26 million - almost half of the UK adult population - having received two.

📢 More than 75% of adults in the UK have now had their first dose of the #COVID19 vaccine.

Thank you to everyone who has come forward for the vaccination so far 👏

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— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) June 2, 2021

British Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, says science is playing a hugely important role in ending this pandemic - as it has done with others: