British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that all adults in the country will receive at least a first dose of the coronavirus vaccines before the end of July, at the same time that the United Kingdom is pushing for a “cautious” reopening after the third quarantine. dictated to contain the pandemic.
“We set out to offer a vaccine to all adults by the end of July, which will help us protect the most vulnerable sooner, and we will take further steps to ease some of the restrictions in place,” Johnson said in a statement published last night and reproduced by the DPA news agency.
Johnson’s announcement marks a two-month advance over his original vaccination goal that had been set at the end of September.
The UK was not only one of the first Western countries to start dosing, but it made time and dose more flexible to reach as many people as possible in the shortest time possible.
So far it is estimated that more than 17 million people have already been vaccinated with the first dose, most of them over 70 years of age and health personnel, a significant figure in a country of less than 67 million inhabitants.
With the acceleration of the vaccination schedule, the British Government hopes to be able to start vaccinating the over 50s and people with previous illnesses in mid-April.
This, he assured, will allow him to continue advancing on a “route out of the blockade” imposed by the new quarantine and to be able to do so in a “cautious and staggered” manner.
The Prime Minister will announce a roadmap to the British Parliament tomorrow Monday with this gradual exit from quarantine and it is expected that among the priorities is the reopening of schools from March 8 next.
The United Kingdom is one of the countries most affected by the epidemic, with more than 120,000 deaths, although the new confinement decreed at the beginning of January managed to begin to reduce the number of cases and hospitalizations.
With information from agencies.
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