COVID: More Than 12 Million in the UK Have Had the First Jab

Covid vaccines have been administered to 12 million people in the United Kingdom as the government plans to extend it to 15 million people in the four priority groups by 15 February. With the current schedule, it is possible that more than 15 million people would have received a first jab of the vaccine by that date.

15,845 cases are reported on Sunday as the UK’s daily reported cases continue to wane but still considerably high.

The death reported on Sunday is few, resulting from the lag in the report over the weekend. The data announced also depicts another 373 people in the United Kingdom who have been reported dead within 28 days of a positive Covid test.

What’s the availability of the vaccine?

Early examinations of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s jab indicate that it extends minimal protection against mild disease from the South Africa variant; this comes from the latest scientist update on vaccine progress.

At the same time, England is proposing Covid workplace testing to more companies in England and is mainly for staff who aren’t chanced to work from home during the lockdown, the government announced.

A various business that holds more than 50 employees are now qualified to access lateral flow tests, in which the results are validated in 30 minutes. Formerly, only firms with more than 250 employees can access the testing.

The United Kingdom gives out the first dose of the jab, and there’s even a quickened rate at which the Covid vaccine has been rolled out to prioritized people, and it is a well-grounded tool in reducing the pandemic’s death toll and easing the pressure on the NHS.

The first four priority groups comprise the over-70s, healthcare workers, and people shielding, and they have been administered their first jabs. The circulation will be shifted to people aged 50 and over and others with underlying health conditions.

There have laid down the schedule to start vaccinating the rest of the adult society as soon as it’s spring and another 21 million people. Also, transport workers, supermarket workers, the military, and the teachers could be prioritized.

Other nations, such as Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland that are devolved from the United Kingdom, have the power to set their coronavirus regulations, and each gives their advice on testing.

Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman declare on Sunday that is ambition was to ensure that all adult has been administered the jab in the summer and September has been set as a target to vaccinate all over-18s.

The vaccine currently approved by the medicine regulator is the PfizerBionTech jab and Oxford University AstraZeneca. The two are the only vaccine administered by the UK.