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THE UK is set to meet its target to vaccinate those who are most vulnerable, as the Government unveiled its plan to escape lockdown by summer.
The 47-page plan, revealed this afternoon, explains how millions of Brits will get the vaccine in the coming weeks and months.
Health secretary Matt Hancock said today: “Vaccines are important and I care about them because I want our country to get back to normal as fast as possible.
“I want us to have that great British summer – my team and I are working fast to deliver this as soon as possible.”
The number of daily cases of people who tested positive for coronavirus increased by 46,169 and an additional 32,294 people have been hospitalised with the virus – a 22% increase on this time last week.
The NHS has also revealed it is currently operating at 50% higher patient capacity than it was during the peak of the first covid wave last April.
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