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Play now The fall in coronavirus cases and deaths has been fuelled by lockdown rather than vaccines, Boris Johnson warned as over-40s began queuing for jabs.
Solicitor Emily Sanderson, who is aged 28 and who has an underlying health condition, became one of the first people in England to get the Moderna vaccination yesterday.
NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis called the move “another milestone” in the inoculation programme.
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Emily Sanderson received the vaccine at the Sheffield Arena vaccination centre.
Ms Sanderson, who has an underlying health condition, was due to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, but this was changed to Moderna, the NHS said.
The first Moderna jabs will be delivered in England today, as the NHS vaccination programme reaches another milestone.
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It comes after UK regulators said that people under the age of 30 should be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying there was a possible link between the jab and “extremely rare” blood clots.