The UK has already vaccinated 15 …

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In the video posted on social networks, the Prime Minister is delighted. Unlike the rest of mortals, euphoria and a skillful hairstylist achieve the miracle of straightening hair. “Today is an important step in the program of vaccination national of United Kingdom. On December 8, Margaret Keenan received the first vaccine in Coventry. In the next two months, this country successfully vaccinated 15 million people. Let’s move on. If you are eligible for a vaccine, call 119 and the NHS will give you an appointment. In England, we vaccinated the first four priority groups, the first goal we set for ourselves, ”he said. Boris Johnson.

The United Kingdom proceeds to the fastest vaccination program in the world developed, according to the last editorial The Economist. Under the leadership of the National Health Service (NHS), the country has launched in recent weeks to vaccinate hospitals, health centers, pharmacies, doctors’ offices, cathedrals, mosques and even street groups in the goal of arriving in record time to vaccinate health. staff, the over-65s and risk groups in the largest vaccination program in UK history.

In December, Boris Johnson pledged to vaccinate the first four priority groups by February 15. Accustomed throughout 2020 to explosive promises that dissolved into nothingness, to the outgoing Prime Minister one day that by the end of the year over 65 million people would be tested and we would celebrate Christmas embraced as still, few believed it was possible. It happened miraculously. It was time. Because the UK also has another much darker statistic. According to the most conservative estimate of deaths, it has exceeded 120 thousand deathss, more than double what he considered the worst-case scenario last April.

Of course, the greatest credit goes to the NHS, which organized in record time a clockwork vaccination system with which they reach all corners of the kingdom (Wales were the first to hit the target for all four at-risk groups, followed within hours by England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.) “Of course we won’t rest. on our laurels. We have already sent letters to the population to continue the program. We still have a long way to go and we are sure to face some challenges, but after what we have achieved I am sure we can move forward with confidence, ”Johnson said.

The government plans to complete the population over 50 by May, including in this sector populations at risk due to medical conditions and professions such as education or security.