More than 70% of UK adults have now had their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the government has announced.
Another 174,100 first coronavirus jabs were administered on Tuesday to take the total to 36,985,505 (70.2%), while 20,870,453 (39.6%) people are fully vaccinated after 324,001 more second shots.
It comes after appointments for second doses were brought forward from 12 to eight weeks for those in the top nine priority groups yet to receive both jabs, and the introduction of surge vaccination in areas where the so-called Indian variant is most prevalent.
