UK hits target of the jab for everyone ahead of time

The UK government on Sunday declared it had hit its target of offering every adult in the country a Covid19 vaccine by the end of this month ahead of timeThe Department of Health and Social Care DHSC said a total of 81959398 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the UK with 46227101 people receiving a first dose 878 per cent and 35732297 people receiving both doses 678 per centBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson had set targets to offer a vaccine to all adults in the UK and to vaccinate two in three adults with both doses by July 19 and DHSC said both targets have now been achieved ahead of the socalled lsquoFreedom Dayrsquo on Monday when England is to emerge from all legal lockdown restrictionsldquoBarely eight months since the first vaccine was given reaching these targets is another extraordinary achievementrdquo said Johnson who is now in selfisolation at his Chequers country retreat after being alerted of his contact with Covid positive Health Secretary Sajid Javid Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also selfisolatingldquoThank you again to everyone coming forward and to those helping others to get jabbed You are the reason we are able to cautiously ease restrictions next week and return closer towards normal life Now letrsquos finish the job If yoursquore over 18 book both your jabs todayrdquo he saidAll adults in the UK are able to get their second doses after a gap of eight weeks shortened from 12 weeks to cover more people with added protection against the Delta variantrsquos spread in the country This means every adult has the chance to have both doses by midSeptember DHSC saidAlso read Covid19 cases rise by 3078 in 24 hours in IndiaCases surging in Italy Euro 2020 linkDaily new caseloads of confirmed Covid19 infections are surging in Italy Health experts say itrsquos clear nationwide celebrations by fans after European Championship soccer matches are a significant factor Thousands of fans jammed Romersquos streets on July 12 to cheer the national team which won Euro 2020 The newly confirmed cases in Lazio region that includes Rome were more in past three days The region had the highest daily new cases on SaturdayUK to launch programmes to study longCovidThe UK government has allocated nearly 20 million pounds 275 million to launch 15 new research programmes to study the socalled long Covid a condition wherein people suffer Covid19 symptoms such as fatigue and neurological disorders for a longer period than usual the Department of Health and Social Care said on Sunday491468No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours188655968Total no of cases worldwide4067517Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever