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| UK sets out new ambitious Covid vaccination plan to jab anyone 50 or older by May | UK sets out new ambitious Covid vaccination plan to jab anyone 50 or older by May |
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| All of the UK’s high-priority groups can expect to have their first Covid vaccination by May, the government says, setting out a plan on Friday to inoculate 32 million people. | All of the UK’s high-priority groups can expect to have their first Covid vaccination by May, the government says, setting out a plan on Friday to inoculate 32 million people. |
| The government had already said anyone over 70, the most clinically vulnerable, those living in care homes and health staff – 15 million people – should be inoculated by February 15. It looks on course to meet that target and is jabbing an average of 400,000 people daily, passing 10.5 million on Thursday. | The government had already said anyone over 70, the most clinically vulnerable, those living in care homes and health staff – 15 million people – should be inoculated by February 15. It looks on course to meet that target and is jabbing an average of 400,000 people daily, passing 10.5 million on Thursday. |
| But now it wants the rollout to cover, by May, all nine of the most vulnerable groups – the first time it has been specific in saying how the vaccination program will be expanded. | But now it wants the rollout to cover, by May, all nine of the most vulnerable groups – the first time it has been specific in saying how the vaccination program will be expanded. |
| Five more groups, including 16- to 64-year-olds with serious underlying health issues, and anyone aged over 50, will now be offered the jab. | Five more groups, including 16- to 64-year-olds with serious underlying health issues, and anyone aged over 50, will now be offered the jab. |
| The expanded vaccination program was announced by Downing Street as it confirmed that Local Government elections for England and Wales will go ahead as scheduled on May 6. | The expanded vaccination program was announced by Downing Street as it confirmed that Local Government elections for England and Wales will go ahead as scheduled on May 6. |
| The government also confirmed on Friday that its plan to use hotels to quarantine passengers arriving from 33 Covid hotspots would take effect on February 15. | The government also confirmed on Friday that its plan to use hotels to quarantine passengers arriving from 33 Covid hotspots would take effect on February 15. |
| So far there have been just over 110,000 deaths of people within 28 days of receiving a positive coronavirus test in the UK, and 3.89 million cases have been recorded. | So far there have been just over 110,000 deaths of people within 28 days of receiving a positive coronavirus test in the UK, and 3.89 million cases have been recorded. |
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