by Merryn Johns, Katy Hall, Tiffany Bakker, Nadia Salemme
17th May 2021 5:48 AM
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Britain has passed the milestone of vaccinating 20 million adults with two doses of the coronavirus jab, just a day before a raft of restrictions are lifted across most of the country.
According to government statistics, 20,103,658 million have now received their full two vaccine doses - 38.2 per cent of the adult population.
Still more have received a first dose - 36,573,354, or 69.4 per cent of the adult population - with a total of 56,677,012 million vaccines administered since the start of the UK's campaign on December 8.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the vaccine program had made "extraordinary strides" in reaching the 20-million mark.