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The UK hit a major vaccine milestone on Wednesday, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock announcing more than 25 million people have now received their first Covid vaccine dose. More than half of the adult population have now been vaccinated against coronavirus, an incredible feat accomplished just 100 days after Margaret Keenan became the first person vaccinated against Covid-19 in the UK. Alongside this remarkable news, the Prime Minister also had some vaccine news of his own when he appeared in the House of Commons for Prime Minister
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Majority of adults in UK to be offered Covid vaccine by May
Previously the government had only committed to offering a first dose of the vaccine to over-50s by the spring (Getty Images)
Most adults in the UK will receive a Covid vaccine by the end of May, according to a senior government adviser, in a major boost for hopes of a return to normality by the summer.
Samuel Kasumu, a senior adviser to the Prime Minister on ethnic minorities, revealed the target in a resignation letter leaked to the BBC that he later retracted.
An earlier mix-up from the Cabinet Office had suggested that all over-50s will be offered a vaccine by May.
Of 369 places, 361 saw cases decline. Only eight recorded a jump in cases.
It comes as:
The Isle of Man lifted all lockdown restrictions - including social distancing and face mask-wearing - due to having so few Covid cases.
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, will give a briefing this afternoon at 5pm, after leaked documents show the pandemic is “stabilising”.
The largest jump in infections was in Angus, Scotland, by 21 per cent from 139 cases per 100,000 to 168.
Second was Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, where the infection rate went up by 20 per cent from 202 to 243 cases per 100,000.
Third was Fylde, in Lancashire, with a case rate of 328 per 100,000 - up nine per cent on the 300 per 100,000 the week prior.