UK passes peak of latest coronavirus wave, 10 million vaccinated

The UK has passed the peak of its latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said, as the country reached the milestone of vaccinating 10 million people, about 15 per cent of the population.“We are on a downward slope of cases, hospitalisations and deaths,” Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Wednesday. “This peak, at least, we are past.”But Whitty, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said infections were still widespread and the state-run National Health Service…

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