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Every adult in the UK will be offered a coronavirus vaccine by September, the government has pledged.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday that all adults will be offered a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the autumn.
“Our target is by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose,” he told Sky News.
“If we can do it faster than that, great, but that’s the roadmap.”
The NHS has said it is vaccinating at a rate of 140 jabs per minute and will start testing 24/7 vaccinations in some hospitals in the next 10 days.
More than 3.8 million people in the UK – including over-80s, care home residents, and NHS and social care staff – have already received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but from Monday it will be rolled out to the next two priority groups: the over-70s and the clinically extremely vulnerable.
Raab also said the government “will consider” asking all international arrivals to quarantine in hotels, as a ban on quarantine-free travel into the UK came into force on Monday.
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