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Immunisation of the public in the United Kingdom against COVID-19. Participants. 53,710,109 have received one vaccine dose. 50,483,527 have received two vaccine doses. 40,196,024 have received three vaccine doses, 6,200,537 have received a fourth dose [ 1] Outcome. 92.9% of UK population 12+ have received one vaccine dose.
v. t. e. This article outlines the history of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (granular timelines can be found here ). Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019, [ 1 ][ 2 ] COVID-19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020. [ 3 ]
In the programme, designed to encourage those in the 18 to 25 age bracket to get vaccinated, he says that future lockdowns are less likely as more people are vaccinated against COVID. The number of self-isolation alerts from the NHS COVID-19 app rose to a new high of 689,313 in the week up to 21 July, 70,000 higher than the previous week.
24 January – The UK and Scottish Governments announce that double vaccinated people arriving in England and Scotland will no longer be required to take COVID tests from 11 February. [27] 25 January – Figures show that around one million children were absent from school in England on Thursday 20 January for COVID-related reasons. [28]
The next COVID-19 vaccine, expected to come out this fall, will be targeted at the XBB.1.5 subvariant, leading public health experts to urge everyone to get vaccinated again before the possible ...
A second wave, with a new variant that originated in the UK becoming dominant, began in the autumn and peaked in mid-January 2021, and was deadlier than the first. The UK started a COVID-19 vaccination programme in early December 2020. Generalised restrictions were gradually lifted and were mostly ended by August 2021.
Despite the power of Covid-19 vaccines in cutting the risk of hospitalization and death from the disease, fully vaccinated people can get very sick and die from the virus in rare cases. Those ...
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance increased by 856,500 in April, to 2.1 million. In response to this Chancellor Rishi Sunak says that it will take time for the UK economy to recover and it is "not obvious there will be an immediate bounceback". [335]