UK Covid live: positive cases in England fall by 29% in a week; warning in Wales against ‘splurge of reopening’
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Health secretary Matt Hancock said the UK remained on track to complete the vaccination of the top four priority groups by 15 February, with one in five of all adults now having received the jab.
He told reporters on Thursday:
We are on track to deliver the commitment we have made of offering the jab to all of the top four priority groups by February 15.
I’m just so proud of the team who are delivering this, it’s going really, really well.
A seven-year-old with known underlying health conditions is among the latest reported deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in England.
The child is thought to be among the youngest to have died with the virus, PA Media reports.
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