(ANSA) - LONDON, MAY 23 - New record surpassed in the UK vaccine race, which according to the data released today has founded the 60.5 million doses administered, while for now it is confirmed at the European minimum for deaths (5) in the last24 hours. The first inoculated doses have risen to almost 38 million while the second are about 22.7 million, 72% and 43% of the entire population over 16. The government of Boris Johnson has recently arranged for a further acceleration in particular of the calls for to face the spread of the 'Indian variant' of Covid, against which Pfizer and AstraZeneca show a high efficacy after the second vaccination.
Between Friday and last night alone, the daily vaccination doses inoculated in the Kingdom increased to over 760,000, with more than 205,000 first injections made (now extended to the age range of thirty-year-olds) and 556,000 calls. At the same time, daily infections - at European lows for several weeks - have returned, despite the 'Indian variant', to drop to about 2,200 out of almost a million swabs performed and the total number of people currently hospitalized for Covid in British hospitals has also started to decline : from 913 to no more than 908 overall between ordinary and intensive care units.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson renewed his satisfaction via Twitter by vindicating his government's strategy to focus on further accelerating vaccine recalls to curb the potential threat of the India-originated strain of the virus, which has become prevalent in recent weeks in some cities and counties in England. (HANDLE).
