The UK has 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson product on order.
But it has yet to be authorised for use by the independent Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Speaking in Downing Street, Boris Johnson said: It s great that we have managed to achieve the target of getting everyone in the one to nine (priority) groups vaccinated by the deadline, by the timetable - a little bit ahead actually, 32 million people now have got their first dose, which is terrific. We are going now to the 45-49 group; they are being asked to come forward.
Debbie White
Boris Johnson said there were no plans at present to change the road map out of lockdown.
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