Covid: Nearly 2m people got first Covid vaccine in last week

Covid: Nearly 2m people got first Covid vaccine in last week Nearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine in the past week, government figures show. 

By the end of Tuesday 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.

Matt Hancock told MPs: "We're giving 200 vaccinations every minute". BBC News

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