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All other regions of England have given their first dose to more than nine in ten of the over 80s, with London a distinct outlier. After the first two months of the vaccination programme only four in five (81 per cent) of over 80s had been given their first dose in the capital.

But in terms of second jabs, London has now fully vaccinated the highest proportion of over 80s - at 14 per cent - affording that smaller number of people greater protection.

The lowest is in the Midlands - at 9.2 per cent - static from the week prior.

Proportionally, more people in their 70s have now received a first vaccination, with close to full coverage in most regions, based on exceeding 2019 estimates.

Among younger age groups, almost one in six people under 70 have now received their first jab in the North West, with more than one on ten having received their first dose in every English region.

All of the doses given so far have been forthe Government's first set of priority groups - atotal of 32m people that includes everyone over the age of 50 as well as all frontline workers and people with underlying conditions that make them highly vulnerableCovid-19.

The nine groups are below - and it isthe people within the first four groups, comprising 15m people, that the Government is aiming to offer doses to by mid-February:

When asked how the Government will identify which key workers need the vaccine more urgently, the Health Secretary shared that 99 per cent of deaths are in the top nine groups of the JCVI guidelines. After that, the goal is to reduce transmission and get back to normal as soon as possible.

Scotland has now given out over 1m first doses.

In Wales, over 800,000first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine havenow been given.

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A fast pace of dose givingso far means the UK stands relatively strong in the international rankings of vaccinations.

So far the UK is ranked 4th in the world, according to statistics compiled by Our World in Data, a team of statistical researchers based in Oxford.

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