Britain exceeds the barrier of 25 million vaccinations against Corona virus

Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Social Care in Britain announced that the country has passed the 25 million vaccination barrier against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19).

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described this achievement - according to what was reported by the British newspaper (The Independent) - as "an amazing achievement," saying, "It represents 25 million reasons for confidence in the future, while we carefully reopen society," expressing his thanks to all those involved in the vaccination campaign. .

The official figures released today showed that a total of 25 million and 273 thousand and 226 people had received the first dose of the vaccine until yesterday, corresponding to March 16, of whom one million and 759 thousand and 445 people received their second dose.

Britain reached this achievement 100 days after the British Margaret Kennan of Coventry became the first person in the world to receive a licensed vaccine .. The United Kingdom is now on the right track towards giving the first dose of the vaccine to half of its adult population (about 26.5 million People) before the end of this week, and among them will be the prime minister, who revealed that he will be vaccinated with the "Oxford / AstraZeneca" vaccine by the end of this week, according to the newspaper.

For his part, Minister of Health Matt Hancock said, "The National Health Service is ahead of the scheduled schedule for vaccinating all people over the age of 50 and other people belonging to priority groups by the target date of April 15," and urged all eligible people to receive the vaccine. On progress to take it.

"This is an exceptional achievement, which comes exactly 100 days after Margaret Kennan received the first vaccine authorized in the entire world ... It was a national mission, one of the largest logistical operations since the war," he added, thanking everyone who played a role in the campaign.

The newspaper pointed out that these new figures mean that 95% of people aged 65 years and over, and 90% of those clinically classified as at high risk, have been vaccinated with their first dose against Corona.