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Young people queued around the block in Manchester today after everyone over 18 in as many as 20 different postcodes in the city were invited to come and get their vaccine.
In scenes mirroring those witnessed at London s Twickenham on Monday, when thousands waited for hours to receive their first jab, many more were seen patiently anticipating a first dose of the Pfizer product.
The walk-in clinic was being held at the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill between 10.30am and 6.30pm.
Jabs were made available to anyone over the age of 18 whose postcodes begin with the following: M1 7, M8, M9, M11 3, M12, M13, M14 4, M14 5, M14 6, M14 7, M15 4, M15 5, M15 6, M16 7, M18 7, M18 8, M19 2, M25, M45, M60 6.
England recorded zero Covid deaths for the fifth time since the Government started collecting figures on Monday. Zero deaths were also recorded in Wales and Northern Ireland, with just one person having died within 28 days of testing positive for.
Boris Johnson is being assailed by a queue of experts warning against the unlocking - with Prof Adam Finn among those entreating him to recognise that the UK is still vulnerable .
June 1, 2021, 12:58 am
Thousands took-up the invitation for a vaccine at Twickenham Stadium on Monday as the UK races to vaccinate the population against the Indian variant (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Covid vaccines must be shared with poorer nations to prevent richer countries being hit by newly-imported deadly variants, world leaders have been told.
Global bodies – along with MPs and peers – warned of fresh lockdowns if people in developing nations do not get a huge increase in jabs.