Under-30s make up the final group on the priority list
People in England who are older than 25 years of age are now being called to receive the Covid-19 vaccine from tomorrow, confirmed UK health secretary Matt Hancock.
Hancock’s announcement signals the final stage of the vaccination programme which began in December 2020.
Under-30s make up the final group on the priority list.
The NHS has said it is now in the “home straight” of what is the biggest vaccination programme in its history.
The news arrives as cases continue to rise with the Indian variant now the most dominant strain in the UK.
Case rates are increasing in more local areas than at any other point since the beginning of the year, with numbers rising in large parts of north-west England, as well as London and Scotland.
Hancock also said that it was “too early to make decisions” regarding the finals steps of the roadmap out of lockdown.
“The roadmap has always been guided by the data and as before, we need four weeks between steps to see the latest data and a further week to give notice of our decision,” he said.
An announcement on the data review is expected on June 14.