vaccine that can deal with the strain of the virus first identified in south africa. here's what mr hancock had to say about the number of first dose vaccinations. i am very proud that we were able to deploy the first ever clinically approved covid—19 vaccine here in this country and delivered 60 million doses of three different vaccines into 39 million arms as of midnight last night, i can confirm that we now have given a first dose of vaccine to three quarters of the adult population of the united kingdom. meanwhile one government adviser has said uk's latest coronavirus data looks encouraging, amid continuing debate over whether to end all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune. weekly figures this morning from the office for national statistics show the lowest proportion of virus related deaths in england