30% of Ribble Valley residents have received their first Covid vaccine dose

The Rt Hon Nigel Evans MP has welcomed the latest figures showing that nearly 30% of people in the Ribble Valley Constituency have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
29.9 per cent of the population have received a vaccine in Ribble Valley. (Photo: Shutterstock)29.9 per cent of the population have received a vaccine in Ribble Valley. (Photo: Shutterstock)
29.9 per cent of the population have received a vaccine in Ribble Valley. (Photo: Shutterstock)

In total, more than 19.3 million doses have been administered to over 18.6 million people across the United Kingdom – equivalent to 1 in 3 adults.

The vaccine programme is averaging more than 2.5 million doses a week, with new targets to offer the vaccine to everyone in the top nine priority groups by April 15, and the rest of the adult population by the end of July.

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Already in Ribble Valley, 30,413 people, or 29.9% per cent of the population have received a vaccine – and with the programme averaging more than 2.5 million doses a week, the Prime Minister is aiming to have offered every adult a vaccine by the end of July.

The United Kingdom is leading the way with its vaccination programme. So far, more than 18.6 million people have received a vaccine – equivalent to 1 in 3 adults. This is the third-highest per capita, behind only the UAE and Israel. In addition, only two countries have administered more doses than the United Kingdom – China and the USA.

Everyone in the top four priority groups has now been offered a vaccine, as invites are now going out to those in priority groups 5 to 9. The latest figures now show that two-thirds of those aged 65 to 69 have now been vaccinated.

Nigel has also welcomed the Prime Minister’s roadmap to take cautious and irreversible steps out of lockdown, which will be guided by the data and not dates.

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He said: "The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in our country’s history, has been a fantastic success story and showcases the very best of collaboration across the entire United Kingdom. I would like to thank everyone involved in this enormous effort, without whom, this would not be possible.

"It’s great to see that so many people in my constituency have received the vaccine as we lead the world in our fight back against coronavirus.

"We are defeating this virus by the hundreds of thousands of jabs going into people’s arms every day, giving us hope as we look to a route back to normality."

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