873784 doses applied in one day

The UK set a record applying 873,784 vaccines in one day on Saturday. With this mark, more than 27.6 million people vaccinated have been reached, which means that more than half of the adult population received at least one dose against the coronavirus, according to data from the UK Department of Health.

The figure surpassed the previous maximum record, which took place on Friday, with more than 844 thousand doses applied during the day. Thus, England is among the countries with the fastest speed in its vaccination campaign, although analysts warn could slow down in april due to the scarcity of inputs.

This was reported by the UK Minister for Health, Matt hancock, who added that more than two million people have already received the two vaccine requests. “This massive team effort shows the best of Britain,” he said.

In a video posted on Twitter, the minister called the record for doses administered a “great success”. “I want to say a very big thank you to everyone involved, including half of all the adults who they presented“, he celebrated.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had urged “everyone to accept a vaccine when invited to receive it, also celebrated the record, in his networks, and thanked the commitment to the campaign.

However, the specialist in epidemiological models Mike Tildesley, a British government adviser, warned that there is a danger that new strains could jeopardize the program vaccination in the coming months.

Coincidentally, other experts have warned of a possible arrival of a third wave contagion and discouragement of travel abroad.

“I think we are at a real risk if a lot of people start traveling overseas in July and August because of the potential to bring more of these new variants into the country,” Tildesley said.

Interns and deaths due to Covid-19 keep going down due to the effect of the vaccines, but there are concerns that cases will increase rapidly once restrictions are relaxed.

In the daily report, they reported that this Sunday there were 33 deaths due to Covid-19, up from 96 the day before, and 5,312 infections have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

The overall tally of the European country amounted to 126,155 deaths, while the infections are already 4,296,583.

Referring to the hospital situation, health authorities detailed that 437 people were to be admitted from Saturday to Sunday, although the overall number of hospitalized people has been declining for days.

To date, 6,162 people remain hospitalized with the disease in the country, 830 of whom need mechanical breathing, these latest figures not updated and corresponding to Saturday.

With agencies.

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