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‘Incredibly important milestone’: More than 30m people in UK have now had both COVID jabs

More than 30 million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government.

A total of 30,204,738 people have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine (57.3% of the adult population).

And 41,830,546 people across the UK have had a first dose (79.4%).

The government met its target of offering a vaccine to the most vulnerable by 15 April and is on track to offer a first dose to all adults by 19 July, two weeks earlier than planned.

NHS England has today extended the offer of a vaccine to everyone over the age of 23.

And all over-18s in England will be offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this week, Downing Street has confirmed.