(ANSA) - LONDON, FEBRUARY 21 - The British government is still accelerating its anti-Covid vaccination campaign and is committed to bringing forward the goal of administering at least the first dose to the entire population aged 18 in the south of the Kingdom by July.
Boris Johnson made it known tonight.
Prime Minister Tory claimed the results achieved to date, with 17.2 million people already vaccinated with the first dose and the recall has risen to over 600,000, but added that we must "go further and faster": suggesting that in the meantime the coverage of the 9 bands Priorities listed on the island - over 50 and up, plus some job categories - will be completed early in the coming weeks.
On Monday, as expected for some time and against the backdrop of the recent drop in the latest wave of cases and infections caused by the aggressive 'English' variant of the virus, Johnson will announce the timing of a road map for a cautious and gradual easing of restrictions from the third national lockdown in force on the has been on the island for almost two months now, starting with a partial opening of schools that should be fixed no earlier than 8 March and a relaxation of some measures on the limitation of social contacts.
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